public property
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The Surplus Land Act requires public property up for sale must first be made available for affordable housing, and the city negotiated only with the Angels.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2026
Iranian intelligence asked the recipients to send pictures of “suspicious traffic, destruction or burning of public property and roads,” according to a message seen by the Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026
"Any attempt to turn economic protests into a tool of insecurity, destruction of public property, or implementation of externally designed scenarios will inevitably be met with a legal, proportionate and decisive response."
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
During her inauguration ceremony, President Samia acknowledged the "loss of lives and destruction of public property", but added that it was "not surprising" that some of those arrested were foreign nationals.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
He imposed obligatory military service for men over eighteen, declared to be public property any animals walking the streets after six in the evening, and made men who were overage wear red armbands.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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