occupy

No known natural stars occupy that region of the H-R diagram.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

The louche but witty “Murder at the Hotel Orient” seems to occupy a subgenre all its own.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

While today's leasehold system is very different, critics argue the basic principle remains the same - homeowners pay for the right to occupy land they do not fully own.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

But some of the meals we remember most vividly occupy stranger territory.

From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026

In June 1940, France, having suffered devastating losses in battle, signed an armistice that allowed the German army to occupy much of Northern and Western France.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The brainstem occupies only a sliver of the brain, yet it keeps people alive.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Mr. Morgan, whose inspiration seems clear enough—Robert De Niro’s Johnny Boy—is terrific as the half-crazy, wildly impulsive Mickey, whose abduction by the Italians occupies much of the early going.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

But, according to Benson, one of the property’s most alluring features is the incredible privacy that it offers thanks to the sprawling 25-acre parcel that it occupies.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

It can identify locations within approximately 20 meters and can even estimate elevation, revealing which floor of a building someone occupies.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

One of his off-duty buddies occupies the passenger’s seat.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

But it had a severe weakness rendering it useless, said the manager of the security company that has occupied it since the 1990s.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

He wants, if utterly hopelessly, the war shoved back into the box it once occupied, a war that Mr. Putin had grown comfortable that he could sustain indefinitely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Bulky server racks and wafer-thin semiconductors needed for the artificial-intelligence build-out are taking up space in cargo planes once occupied by packages of low-price apparel and knickknacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 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

If Miss Lumley’s mind had not already been so thoroughly occupied, she might well have invented such a game herself at this very moment, and thus changed the course of history forevermore.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Even Tory sympathizers came to resent the manners of the occupying force.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

It is occupying around 5% of the country's territory in the south, with the aim of driving back Hezbollah fighters from its northern border.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

For a moment, it’s not clear if this is part of the show or a medical incident until Chowdhury, discreetly occupying a seat in the audience, asserts himself as the director.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026

The laser cavity measures 42 centimeters in length, yet it can be folded onto a chip occupying roughly the area of a match head.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026

Meals were the only times the zombies weren’t occupying the plush chairs, and if he sat here he could smell what was being served and pretend that he was eating it too.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman