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Recent Examples of squatter
Low-risk contraband becomes a foothold for violent enterprise, just as one unfixed broken window once invited squatters, then burglars, then gangs.
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Edgar Domenech, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
In the upcoming ninth season of Rehab Addict, which premieres on June 24, Curtis restores both that Wyoming home and a troubled Detroit property that had been invaded by squatters.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 24 June 2025
Eventually, Velazquez paid the squatters $4,300 to move out, regaining control of his property in March.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Homeless squatters take over California luxury RV parking lot
Homeless squatters have taken over a luxury RV parking lot in City of Industry, Calif.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
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Edgar Domenech, Sun Sentinel, 18 June 2025
In the upcoming ninth season of Rehab Addict, which premieres on June 24, Curtis restores both that Wyoming home and a troubled Detroit property that had been invaded by squatters.
—Erin Clements, People.com, 24 June 2025
Eventually, Velazquez paid the squatters $4,300 to move out, regaining control of his property in March.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
Homeless squatters take over California luxury RV parking lot
Homeless squatters have taken over a luxury RV parking lot in City of Industry, Calif.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for squatter
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The colonists settled mainly in the Colorado and Brazos river basins.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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For millennia, Indigenous peoples in North America, and later European colonists, derived part of their year-round sustenance from juneberry.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
27 June 2025
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Gerard Butler, who played Viking chief Stoick the Vast, is also back — and he’s joined by newcomers Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Ruth Codd, Peter Serafinowicz and Murray McArthur.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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She will be joined by fellow Shrek franchise veterans Mike Myers (Shrek) and Eddie Murphy (Donkey), as well as a newcomer to the cast: Zendaya, who will voice Shrek and Fiona's daughter Felicia.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
15 July 2025
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Haruko is an alien and is chasing something enormously powerful and equally mysterious, and Naota and the robot Canti clearly have something to do with it.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Superman happens to be both: a square-jawed every-Adonis from middle America who is, in fact, an alien.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
11 July 2025
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Cuba began to attract international tourism, and with it, the government created a sort of tourism apartheid, whereby Cubans were not allowed to enter resort hotels where foreigners sunbathed and drank mojitos by the pool.—
Jane Ciabattari
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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That is still just 3% of the total population, a much smaller fraction than in the United States and Europe, but comes amid a tourism boom that has made foreigners far more visible across the country.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
20 July 2025
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Dora Maar, Sabine Weiss and Lee Miller were early pioneers of photography affording these exceptional women independent careers.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 July 2025
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Big Beat electronica pioneer The Crystal Method, now a solo project for co-founder Scott Kirkland, began in 1993, has released seven album and has influenced a generation of film and TV scores.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
12 July 2025
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“Squatter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squatter. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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