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to end the occupancy or possession of
opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Recent Examples of dispossessed
Peter Saenger, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
Without the voices of the dispossessed, how can there be deconstruction?
—Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
And when Israel gained its independence in 1948, Zionism became the world’s first successful Indigenous movement of a dispossessed and colonized people regaining sovereignty in their Indigenous homeland.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
Chilton’s sonorous voice carries with it the perseverance and anguish of the dispossessed, disenfranchised and violated.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021
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Three days after his 10th birthday, his father, a depressed junkman, killed himself, and the experience of misfortune fueled the young artist’s identification with the dispossessed.
—Peter Saenger, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2022
Without the voices of the dispossessed, how can there be deconstruction?
—Audrey Clare Farley, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2022
And when Israel gained its independence in 1948, Zionism became the world’s first successful Indigenous movement of a dispossessed and colonized people regaining sovereignty in their Indigenous homeland.
—Micha Danzig, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2021
Chilton’s sonorous voice carries with it the perseverance and anguish of the dispossessed, disenfranchised and violated.
—Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021
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Yet the contrast is sharp between how AI is used in the experimental school—nestled within an abundance of human attention—and how it is used in more deprived circumstances.Allison Pugh, WIRED, 7 Dec. 2024
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This indicated that the animals were experiencing some internal signals of their deprived state, and potentially craved salt as a way to boost their blood volume without diluting ion levels.Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
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More than 24,000 eviction cases were filed in Bexar County last year, and the number of households evicted continued to rise above pre-pandemic levels, local data shows.Megan Stringer, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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None of the low-income participants in Rx Kids reported being evicted since childbirth, compared with other groups, according to the survey.Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2024
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Australia has struggled for decades to reconcile with its Indigenous citizens, who make up 3.8% of the country’s 27 million population, and are, by most socio-economic measures, the most disadvantaged people in the country.Reuters, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
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The king reported opposed the previous British government's policy of sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda for processing and set up The Prince's Trust, his most successful project, in the hope of helping disadvantaged people in the U.K.'s inner cities.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
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In Delhi, impoverished kids are learning to love reading and math, thanks to a police officer’s makeshift school.Shefali Rafiq, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024
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Assad’s fall ends more than six decades of Baath Party rule that sought to center Syria as a leader in the Arab world, but instead left it corruption-riddled and impoverished.Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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The program aims to teach leadership skills to kids through caddying, and 50 Evans Scholars — a full-tuition and housing scholarship for underprivileged, high-achieving caddies — have come out of the program.Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2024
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These systems advocate for equal opportunities, providing underprivileged students with tailored resources to bridge educational gaps.Hamilton Mann, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
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Then, in 1888, its acres were set aside for disabled and destitute veterans.Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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When destitute emigrants from Scandinavian countries moved to the United States in the late nineteenth century, the blue-eyed visitors were largely welcomed.Carla Norrlof, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2019
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The potential causes of a needy bladder are pretty wide-ranging.Erica Sloan, SELF, 9 Dec. 2024
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Jean Smart’s aging comic still looking for industry validation and Hannah Einbinder’s needy Gen-Z writer are trapped in an endless cycle of building trust that inevitably gives way to betrayal.Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
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As disadvantaged as Roland was navigating this system, imagine trying to do so as someone who doesn’t speak English, who’s elderly, who has a physical or mental handicap, someone who’s indigent, someone who simultaneously has children or a sibling or parents to care for.Chadd Scott, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
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Lori Vallow Daybell is represented by the Office of the Legal Defender, which serves indigent Maricopa County defendants.Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Dispossessed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossessed. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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