occupation
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That’s likely because Asco’s early performances, as the art historian and curator C. Ondine Chavoya points out in the film, emphasized procession, mobility, mobilization and occupation, marking sites of political violence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
There were signs of occupation, though no-one was in the flat when the police forced entry.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Successive U.S.-Danish agreements, dating back to the early months of Nazi Germany’s occupation of Denmark, have given the American military broad rights to station troops, build bases, operate ports or fly warplanes in Greenland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The territory has previously been the scene of tensions with the United States during World War II, when France was under German occupation.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Jiichan was telling them about some Australian occupation troops in Hiroshima, that maybe they could hire Papa as an interpreter.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
In a recent study, my colleagues and I compared the occupations most exposed to AI—software developers, financial clerks, administrative assistants—with those least exposed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
If working-class voters are those working low-wage jobs, then they are already majority women, who occupy two-thirds of the 40 lowest-paid occupations.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
The International Labour Organization estimates that 12.7 million Filipinos - more than one in four workers - are employed in occupations exposed to generative AI, the highest share in South East Asia.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Education experts said one possible response to such a scenario is for state legislatures that set licensing requirements to decide some occupations — like barbers and stylists — actually need less training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
He knew the number of German Americans living in the United States and had compiled numerous charts, statistics, and personal information, such as their occupations and if they were Bund members.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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