eviction

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Recent Examples of eviction Fairbanks, a communications consultant for nonprofits and a political organizer, has created a new campaign – Keep MN Housed – to help struggling families make their rent and avoid eviction. Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026 Police have concluded their search there but are still searching Royal Lodge, his 30-room former home in the parkland near Windsor Castle, just west of the capital, where the king’s younger brother had lived for decades until his eviction earlier this month. Pan Pylas, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026 Despite giving Page a notice to vacate by February 20, the complaint suggested Page likely will not leave by then, and an eviction proceeding to get back possession of the townhouse almost certainly will drag on for a while. Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 20 Feb. 2026 The court likewise previously ruled Biden couldn’t extend an eviction moratorium tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Environmental Protection Agency could not regulate power plant emissions that contribute to climate change. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 20 Feb. 2026 The search of Andrew's 30-room former home in the parkland near Windsor Castle, where the king's younger brother had lived for decades until his eviction earlier this month, will reportedly continue through Monday, according to the BBC. Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026 Following her eviction from Royal Lodge along with her ex-husband Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, six companies with ties to the mother-of-two are now being shuttered, per People. Emma Banks, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026 The arrest comes just a few months after the disgraced royal, now known officially as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, was stripped of his royal titles and given notice of his eviction from Royal Lodge, his longtime residence near Windsor Castle. Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026 Renters rallied in Hartford on Tuesday in favor of eviction reform and lawmakers who spoke at the gathering talked about their new strategy for trying to pass a law to largely end no-fault evictions — ask the Senate to take it up first. Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2026
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Noun
  • In August 2009, 72-year-old William Wilkie died at his home after Heider performed an emergency appendix removal on him but discharged him from Lake Norman Regional Medical Center without prescribing antibiotics, says a wrongful death lawsuit filed in June 2010 by Wilkie’s widow, Brenda.
    Amber Gaudet Updated February 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Some offer handles or Velcro closures for easy removal, while many are simply large versions of a basic rubber band.
    Jenessa Connor, Health, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Jean Roger Noelcius also admitted under oath during a deposition in Miami federal court that neither private nor foreign individuals can execute arrest warrants in Haiti, which is the purview of the Haitian national police.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Democrats on the Oversight panel, who had traveled to Ohio for the deposition, said that no Republican committee members attended.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 19 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Analysts saw the removal of Zhang, a longtime confidant of Xi, as the most significant ouster yet.
    Jennifer Jett, NBC news, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The former Los Angeles fire chief has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that her ouster was part of an orchestrated effort to smear her conduct and decision-making so Mayor Karen Bass could avoid accountability for the most destructive wildfire in LA history.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • An automatic game misconduct results in ejection.
    Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Pulling it off on the Olympic stage, where fighting almost never happens and carries ejection-level consequences, puts this in its own category.
    Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Demonstrators have called for the overthrow of the Shiite theocracy that has ruled the country since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
    ABC News, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Stocks and bonds were measured since 1939 but, due to a lack of data, gold was measured from the 1973 Yom Kippur War and oil from the 1979 overthrow of the Shah of Iran.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026

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“Eviction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eviction. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.

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