landlady

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Recent Examples of landlady Lawmakers turn to 'dangerous dog' legislation The white scars that run from Kathleen Culpepper's elbow to her wrist are a permanent reminder of the day she was rushed to emergency surgery after her landlady's dogs mauled her in her front yard in Virginia. Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024 Mike Leigh regular Ruth Sheen, who turns up here as young Kristofer’s nosy London landlady. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024 On May 23, a landlady in Newbury, Mass., glanced at her morning paper and realized, to her horror, that a man who had rented a room in her home was a dangerous fugitive. Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024 Any production of this show has the potential to become the story not of its young leads but of the heartbreaking romance between Cliff’s landlady, Fraulein Schneider, and the sweet-natured old fruit vendor who loves her, Herr Schultz. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for landlady 
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Noun
  • The landlords, in return, want low vacancies to give them the upper hand when setting rents.
    Erik Sherman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • The house had sold, and the new landlord had raised the rent.
    Aaron Bolton, NPR, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In 2022, Atkins joined a number of other former S.E.C. commissioners in a joint letter to Gensler saying new climate-risk disclosure rules overstepped the Commission’s regulatory authority.
    Peter Green, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In response to a list of questions, a legal representative for Ben Amor, SBK International, and Cloud 9 issued a cease and desist letter to Rolling Stone and denied that Ben Amor, Cloud 9, or SBK have ever owned Galaxy Gas.
    Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The average monthly rent for these matches is $609, but some lessors provide rooms in exchange for services, such as help with yard work, meal preparation, housekeeping and companionship.
    Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Jan. 2024
  • For the part of its fleet that's leased, the lessor will retain possession and will be free to re-lease to Spirit or another airline, depending on what offers are on the table.
    Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • To build the park required securing 24 tracts of land from 17 landowners for the 1,395 acres that initially formed the park, according to the Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
    Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 29 Dec. 2024
  • When night falls, one of the resort’s resident star talkers directs diners to sights in the southern sky and explains the stars’ significance in the culture of Uluru’s traditional landowners, the Aboriginal Anangu people.
    Nile Cappello, AFAR Media, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • At the same time, housing costs are surging, causing a record number of renters to be cost-burdened, or paying more than 30% of their income on housing, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies.
    CBS News, CBS News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • According to the company, that would make 2025 a renter's market, with the units being built during the pandemic finally being put on the market, adding inventory.
    Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024

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“Landlady.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landlady. Accessed 4 Jan. 2025.

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