occupying

Example Sentences

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At the time, he was perceived as occupying the party’s far-right fringe.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

An example comes from how investors react to midterm elections when, as is often the case, the political party occupying the White House loses seats in Congress.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

It also barred the union and its leader from occupying or locking company facilities and obstructing workers from entering them.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Schulz was an illustrator as well as a writer, and before he was murdered during the war he was forced to paint a bedroom mural for an occupying Nazi officer in what is now Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Having no natural controls in this new territory, they spread prodigiously, eventually occupying about 60 million acres.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson