occupied

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Indigenous protesters in Brazil occupied a shipping terminal operated by US agricultural giant Cargill on Saturday, demanding a ban on dredging Amazon waterways.

From Barron's

“We can call for a SANE,” another nurse suggests when Dana says she’ll be occupied.

From Los Angeles Times

Voting is taking place across Gaza, the occupied West Bank and among Hamas's members elsewhere.

From BBC

But what most struck the audience was how he spoke of his ongoing commitment to Appalachia, and the place its people occupied in his Rainbow Coalition.

From Salon

Russia meanwhile accused Ukraine of launching more than 150 drones overnight into Tuesday, mainly over southern regions and the Crimean peninsula -- occupied by the Kremlin in 2014.

From Barron's