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The restaurant occupied a sprawling shopping center alongside an Olive Garden, a Cabela’s and a Costco, making it something of a regional mecca for homecoming dinners, birthday parties and Little League victories.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Hundreds of tents have occupied Madrid's central Puerta del Sol square since she was taken away on a stretcher last month after the real estate company that owned her flat drastically hiked the rent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Evidence from the fossil deposits indicates that some of these snakes inhabited tidal environments, while others occupied swamps and marshes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
He proved his worth and after officer training in Tel Aviv he was sent to Glasgow to join the Cichociemni, a Polish special forces unit trained for occupied Poland.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The dog was small, curly-haired, and it occupied her lap rather than sat in it.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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