settlers

Example Sentences

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Norway said it was barring "20 violent settlers" from the country, while Australia published co-ordinated sanctions alongside New Zealand last week.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

But after permanent settlers arrived in 1770, the island population disappeared rapidly.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

In the 19th century’s first four decades, Chapman traveled, mostly on foot, throughout western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, bringing seeds and methods of cultivation to settlers flooding the region.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

After initially trying to negotiate with the settlers, Mohammed rushed up to the grave just as they were about to break through a slab which was all that remained between them and his father's remains.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Sixteen years later, however, the Indigenous villages had recovered and were a barrier to the settlers moving into the Colony of Connecticut, which was in Pequot territory.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz