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settler

[set-ler, -l-er] / ˈsɛt lər, -l ər /


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Some settler leaders have sought to distance themselves from the movement.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“We asked her to publicly acknowledge that she is a white woman of Jewish heritage and an Israeli settler family.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg was in the Palestinian village of Umm al-Khair, visiting the family of Awdeh Hathaleen, a prominent Palestinian activist and English teacher who was shot and killed by an Israeli settler last year.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

But he said that fear was mixed with a determination not to let the threat from settler attacks force them out.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026

“But that ship you crashed in,” I say, “that’s way too tiny to be a settler ship.”

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

The settlers walked between Ganim and Kadim, settlements that are powerful symbols for their movement.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Al-Tubasi says that the Israeli security forces "essentially formed a barrier, took us out safely and got us away from there. But they did not take any action against the settlers themselves."

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

But nearly two centuries ago, European settlers started fracturing this relationship.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Mikhmas and the surrounding area have been subjected to several attacks by settlers since the beginning of this year.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Hildy and Prentisstown and russets and sheep and settlers and leaky pipe and Hildy.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness




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