occupies

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Each Occupy had its own engagement with local government and its own projects; a year ago people involved with local Occupies told me the thriving offshoots still make a difference.

From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2017

Why wistful search, O waning ones, the chart Of stars for you while Haydn, while Mozart Occupies heaven?

From Browning's England A Study in English Influences in Browning by Clarke, Helen Archibald

Occupies site of Edmonton House, of the Hudson's Bay Company, and, at a still earlier date, Fort Augustus, of the North West Company.

From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various

The eye is large and prominent. the pupil is circular, of a deep Sea Green and Occupies one third of the diamiter of the eye, the iris is of a bright yellowish silver colour.

From The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by Lewis, Meriwether

Occupies sections 1 to 18, inclusive, of township 30, range 19, two sections of township 30, range 20, and all of township 31, range 19, lying east of the St. Croix river.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman