occupation
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“In the end, stability depends less on collar color and more on the specific occupation, industry, and skills you build,” Puri said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026
It encompasses dozens of villages and is reminiscent of Israel's occupation of a 20-kilometre-deep strip of land along the border until 2000.
From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026
It lay on the medieval spice route between Asia, the Middle East and Europe, and its strategic position made it a target for colonial occupation, most importantly by Italy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Hezbollah, for its turn, condemned the attacks, adding in a statement that it had the “natural and legal right to resist occupation and respond to its attacks.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
“Funerals are an occupation for us, darling, you’re used to them. Peach...isn’t. Uncle Edisto’s funeral was Peach’s first experience with death. And he’s very sensitive; that’s just the kind of person he is.”
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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