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Recent Examples of squatter
Viewers and readers were shocked to learn that the system was set up to protect squatters over property owners.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
The bill seeks to define squatting uniformly and empower property owners or their agents to request police assistance in removing squatters if certain conditions are met, such as prior notice to vacate and no ongoing eviction proceedings.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
The landlord had installed steel security doors to prevent squatters from occupying empty apartments.
—Benjamin Cunningham Edu Bayer, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Users took to the comments section to discuss the success of the seat squatter.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
The bill seeks to define squatting uniformly and empower property owners or their agents to request police assistance in removing squatters if certain conditions are met, such as prior notice to vacate and no ongoing eviction proceedings.
—John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
The landlord had installed steel security doors to prevent squatters from occupying empty apartments.
—Benjamin Cunningham Edu Bayer, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Users took to the comments section to discuss the success of the seat squatter.
—Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squatter
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The community’s festive send-off identifies this as an important rite of passage, though the gatekeeper reminds Spike that no rescuers or search parties will be sent after colonists that fail to return.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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For most white Americans, and especially enslavers, the white colonists of Saint Domingue experiencing these changes were a focus of racial empathy.—
Time,
Time,
9 June 2025
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Netflix Now, the second season is coming, which not only brings back Cousins but will feature two newcomers in the Cincinnati Bengals' Joe Burrow and Detroit Lions' Jared Goff.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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And those cryptic commands persist today in some Linux editors, like Vim, a modal text editor where users must switch between different modes for editing versus navigating text, which famously confuses newcomers.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2025
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Mejia-Flores was identified as a fugitive alien with a Final Order of Removal.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Heading into the weekend, the otherworldly tale about a young boy who connects with aliens after getting mistaken for Earth’s intergalactic ambassador was aiming for $25 million to $30 million.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
22 June 2025
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Many foreigners skipped it, citing the United States’ recent detainment of travelers and noncitizens over their public statements or social-media posts.—
Emma Sarappo,
The Atlantic,
25 June 2025
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Israel says nearly 1,200 Israelis and foreigners were killed in the initial Oct. 7, 2023, attack.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
20 June 2025
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The Mughal Empire’s hunger for land taxes, for instance, drove an assault on eastern India’s forests in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which redistributed land to pioneer cultivators willing to undertake that work of settlement.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Additional investors include Fred Moll, the cofounder of Intuitive Surgical and pioneer of robotic surgery, who has joined the company’s strategic advisory board.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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“Squatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squatter. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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