occupied

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Within each FDE pod, engineers occupied different roles: McCardel served as an “Echo,” the strategist responsible for translating the customer’s needs into technical requirements, while “Delta” engineers rapidly developed prototype software solutions.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

An estimated 1,300 have been killed in Lebanon, according to its health ministry, while more than two dozen people have died in Gulf states and the occupied West Bank.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

There are some exemptions and discounts, for example for someone living alone and homes occupied only by students, which helps lower the cost for some.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Undrip states that “indigenous peoples have the right to the lands, territories and resources which they have traditionally owned, occupied or otherwise used or acquired.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

I was worried about what she’d said, but I kept my mind occupied by practicing my vocabulary words until the light was completely gone.

From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney