occupied

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All 27 units at the market are currently occupied, but walking around the market on a weekday mid-morning during the summer holidays you probably would not think that.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2026

The sight of tankers loitering in the Sea of Azov off the north-eastern coast of occupied Crimea is common, as there is an onshore oil loading facility at Kerch port on the peninsula itself.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2026

Sharaa denied any intention to intervene militarily in Lebanon, which Syria had occupied for decades under the Assads.

From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026

Russia’s Energy Ministry has acknowledged that strikes on fuel and energy infrastructure have contributed to supply problems as far east as Siberia and in occupied Crimea.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

But the nations of Europe that were occupied by the Germans were still fully under their military control.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein