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squatter

[skwot-er] / ˈskwɒt ər /
NOUN
colonist
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The device is squatter and wider than Samsung’s previous foldables.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

“At least I eat sometimes,” said Cedric Mnisi, 39, who lives in a squatter camp nearby.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 29, 2025

She excelled on stage and screen in Alan Bennett’s “The Lady in the Van,” playing a crotchety squatter with an imperious sense of entitlement.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2024

The woman whose keen eyes once watched over her family in the squalor of the squatter camps now lives in a world of darkness and sounds.

From BBC May 25, 2024

Tecumseh visited other nations, calling for unity in defiance of the squatter presence on their lands.

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

It’s functionally a field guide of targets for burglars, looters and squatters.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

A security guard stood in front of the cabana to stop any would-be squatters.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

In his video, Mr Perry said when squatters were staying in the building it had been "sectioned off into bedrooms" and "rented out to people in the most vulnerable of conditions".

From BBC Aug. 14, 2025

He said the former library building, which is being repurposed into an Asian Resource Centre, had also had squatters living in it.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2025

They would need mercenaries, so officers recruited men from militias made up of squatters from Kentucky.

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




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