as in evicts
to end the occupancy or possession of
opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Ashley evicts Morgan Ashley evicts Morgan.
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In the city of Cluj, located within the country’s Transylvania region, a bailiff named Orsolya (Eszter Tompa) evicts the homeless Ion (Gabriel Spahiu) from the unused cellar of a local house to make way for the construction of the Kontinental boutique hotel.
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Cleage gives the women plenty of substance, though her novelistic mode — more telling than showing — deprives her drama of style.
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This decline deprives teens of vital skill development, work experience, and motivation, fostering pessimism among Gen Z.
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“Dispossesses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossesses. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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