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After the death of his former longtime lover Robert, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Arthur learns that probate court is dunning him for years of back rent in Robert’s San Francisco home.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2022

In one of her Ernestine routines, she is dunning an invisible Gore Vidal �whose name she pronounces "Veedle"�for $23.64.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Dallas the payment of nearly 140,000 fines could bring $18 million to its coffers, and a telecomputer is dunning scofflaws at a rate of 150 calls an hour.

From Time Magazine Archive

All this while, Robinson at Vienna is dunning the Imperial Majesty to remember old Marlborough days and the Laws of Nature; and declare for us against France, in case of the worst.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 11 by Carlyle, Thomas

And even after that he is dunning me, poor helpless me!

From The Little Clay Cart Mrcchakatika by Ryder, Arthur William