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Recent Examples of slumlord
In this alternate reality, Bedford Falls is called Pottersville, a place Mr. Potter runs as a ruthless banker and slumlord.
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Nora Gilbert, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
His father — real-estate developer, slumlord, and pardoned felon Charles Kushner — was recently confirmed as ambassador to France.
—Brendan O'Connor, Curbed, 7 July 2025
That ordinance included random inspections of rental properties and a public-facing registry of inspections, in hopes of making the industry more transparent for current and prospective tenants and cracking down on slumlords, The Courier Journal previously reported.
—Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
When a mentally disturbed neighbor sets herself on fire and a slumlord tries to extort money from them, the family gets tangled in the corruption that keeps a stranglehold on the slum’s inhabitants.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Nora Gilbert, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2025
His father — real-estate developer, slumlord, and pardoned felon Charles Kushner — was recently confirmed as ambassador to France.
—Brendan O'Connor, Curbed, 7 July 2025
That ordinance included random inspections of rental properties and a public-facing registry of inspections, in hopes of making the industry more transparent for current and prospective tenants and cracking down on slumlords, The Courier Journal previously reported.
—Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
When a mentally disturbed neighbor sets herself on fire and a slumlord tries to extort money from them, the family gets tangled in the corruption that keeps a stranglehold on the slum’s inhabitants.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slumlord
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Paul DiPierro and Scott Ostrander, owners of adjacent restaurant Origami Asian Grill, encouraged Pruner to talk to the landlord when the space vacated.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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Kidd is the executive director of the Fair Housing Resource Center, an agency certified by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide all kinds of services, from counseling that helps people achieve homeownership to complaints about civil rights abuses by landlords.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
9 June 2026
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Construction crews first showed up at the iconic arts institution on the afternoon of June 12, mounted scaffolding and and geared up to take down the president's name ‒ letter by letter ‒ from the sign on the building's facade.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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Over the last several days, Texas attorney general Ken Paxton wrote a letter to the Big 12 threatening legal action if the conference punishes Texas Tech for playing Sorsby.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
13 June 2026
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Before he was removed and Britton-Harr returned, Hopes estimated that between lessors, members, trade vendors, and sports team partnerships, there could be $50 million in liabilities.—
Doug Gollan,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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The event served as a key moment for the company to deepen relationships across the North American aviation ecosystem, engaging directly with airlines, lessors, and maintenance providers.—
Matthew Kayser,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2026
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Without that bridge between temporary shelter and permanent recovery, Sabotaging Our Safety argues that displacement can become permanent, especially for low-income families, renters, older Americans and people without insurance.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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Frommell said natural turnover of renters in the market-rate and 120% AMI tiers should help make enough apartments available for renovation to meet the goal of completing half of them in three years.—
Steven Mihailovich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
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Still, enrollment at traditional public schools well exceeds 200,000, the budget is greater than $7 billion and the district is recognized as the county’s largest landowner and employer.—
Austin Horn,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Residents are legally allowed to humanely trap and kill the reptile year-round on private property with landowner permission, subject to local ordinances and appropriate safety precautions.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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“Slumlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slumlord. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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