landlady

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Recent Examples of landlady Jones, Redgrave, and an unrecognizable Margot Kidder as their dotty landlady bravely expose their vulnerability. Armond White, National Review, 25 June 2025 Round Corner has had a couple of flashes of notoriety over the decades: For a period of time in 1982, Dorothea Puente, the midtown landlady later convicted of killing three people, ran the bar’s kitchen, and one morning in March of 1986, a van crashed through the wall and into the bar. Annika Merrilees, Sacbee.com, 19 June 2025 Vance was suggested for the role of landlady Ethel Mertz (who would often concoct schemes with the titular character) by director Marc Daniels. Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 10 May 2025 They are joined by Pulp Fiction star Maria de Medeiros as the bar’s eccentric landlady who stumbles in on their plotting. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for landlady
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Noun
  • Much resistance to multifamily housing in single-family neighborhoods would dissipate if the state would require landlords to maintain their property, said Fayetteville resident Angela Belford of the Belford Group marketing firm.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In order to live with an emotional support animal, tenants can provide landlords with a letter from a licensed health professional documenting their disability and how the animal helps, state law says.
    Quinn Clark, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Trump has repeatedly denied writing the letter and sued the Wall Street Journal, which was first to report on the letter, for defamation.
    Nik Popli, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Legal experts, however, broadly agree this would violate both the letter and spirit of the Constitution.
    Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Including its backlog, Air Lease is the fifth-largest aircraft lessor, according to a tally by IBA.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Spirit is also locked in a dispute with aircraft lessor AerCap Holdings over a deal covering 36 Airbus planes due for delivery between 2027 and 2028.
    Shivansh Tiwary, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • A day would arise in early spring when a fellow landowner would knock on the door and ask after him.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Coates will play Jeremiah Paulson, a wealthy landowner not afraid to break the rules.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At a time when millions of California residents are struggling to make ends meet and the price of everyday expenses continues to rise, a new bill threatens to take away a vital tool keeping internet costs below market rate for renters across the state.
    Janus Norman, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Homeowners and renters who lost their houses in the Eaton Fire have also sued SoCal Edison.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Landlady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landlady. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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