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rack-rent

verb

Definition of rack-rent

as in to rent

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Later that day, her most devout followers rented a fleet of RVs, picked Didulo up from her apartment, and began driving across the country.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Another daughter wants to rent out her condo and move back home to cut down on expenses.

— Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026

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Pullen has hired former Westminster assistants Neema Salimi (offensive coordinator), Byron Curtis (linebackers coach), Bill McGahan (director of scouting) and Joe Sturniolo (special teams coach).

— Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Garren Taylor, one of Claunch’s friends, said that two years ago, Claunch completed a rehab program for alcohol abuse at Renaissance Ranch Recovery Center in Rupert, Idaho, and was immediately hired there.

— Michael Biesecker, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

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After the end of sugar, the old plantations had begun leasing their fallow cane lands to Big Ag companies, such as Dow, Pioneer, and Brun’s Syngenta, which took advantage of lax regulations to conduct experimental GMO and pesticide testing.

— Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2026
The alliance leases the building and put roughly $54 million into the revival that produced the Crawford Hotel in 2014.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

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The nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation, chartered by Congress, which brought the lawsuit late last year, celebrated the ruling.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
The Gardens at Unity Village launched in 2009 when a group of around 30 people finalized a lease with Unity and chartered the 501c(3) charity.

— Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026

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