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The open call for applications for the AI growth zone initiative created a situation where landowners with pylons or powercables running across their land applied for the designation, said Kao Data’s Spencer Lamb.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2025
To offset the damage, the government of British Columbia has offered $150 million in loan guarantees to local landowners, putting taxpayers on the hook.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2025
As such acts of vigilantism began to threaten the profits of landowners and industrialists, nightriding was prosecuted by state and local authorities -- at least more so than other forms of violent vigilantism, such as lynching.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2025
Berry argues that this failure owes to the poor implementation of reform policies, political resistance by large landowners, and the corruption and incompetence of officials.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 27 Dec. 2025
To offset the damage, the government of British Columbia has offered $150 million in loan guarantees to local landowners, putting taxpayers on the hook.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2025
As such acts of vigilantism began to threaten the profits of landowners and industrialists, nightriding was prosecuted by state and local authorities -- at least more so than other forms of violent vigilantism, such as lynching.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Dec. 2025
Berry argues that this failure owes to the poor implementation of reform policies, political resistance by large landowners, and the corruption and incompetence of officials.
—Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Landowner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landowner. Accessed 30 Dec. 2025.
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