occupation
Example Sentences
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Over the years, Hughes said, the activity and interest in About Face waned, as the Iraq war and the occupation of Afghanistan fell out of the headlines.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
China is "steadily" building operational experience for "sustained occupation" of its Tiangong space station, and year-long missions are an important step towards future lunar and potentially deep-space ambitions, de Grijs told AFP.
From Barron's • May 24, 2026
Both methods pointed to human occupation around 150,000 years ago.
From Science Daily • May 20, 2026
“It does not take a lot of people to make an occupation really hard.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 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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