settlers

Example Sentences

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It is an area of Hebron where Israeli settlers live among Palestinian residents.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

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

From Science Daily • May 28, 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

Historians estimate that before the arrival of large numbers of European settlers, roughly 50,000 grizzlies ranged across the American West.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

The Ulster Scots became the core group of frontier settlers in North America.

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