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Their closest living populations are now nearly 2,500 km away in southern Mexico, indicating that the species once occupied a dramatically different geographic range.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
For decades, the bar occupied an almost uncontested position in American social life.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
By Thursday morning, residents of Qusra said Israeli soldiers had told them to leave their homes and occupied several of them, including two of those that were besieged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Washington National Opera also left the venue, which it had occupied for decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
As for the figures who occupied the foreground of the work—well, yes, they were wolves, but they were happy, gentle wolves and featured a mama wolf tenderly playing with her cubs.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
