territory
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With the game against the Los Angeles Rams tied 34-34, Allen scrambled for 19 yards to move into enemy territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
But it’s in the territory of someone who’s a writer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
America hasn’t added territory since, and for decades there was little reason to think it would.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
Her case is now in uncharted territory as she is thought to be the only person to have survived an execution attempt by lethal injection.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
A traveler crosses a border into enemy territory.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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The resulting atlas revealed 539 chemically distinct territories, which the researchers named "lipizones."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
America’s expansion slowed in the late 19th century as it became more selective, taking some territories while passing up others.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
In the weeks since, they made their way out of the occupied territories and out of Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026
Among possible laureates this year are a joint prize to Save the Children and Mykola Kuleba, a Ukrainian children's rights activist campaigning for the return of Ukrainian children illegally taken to Russia from occupied territories.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
Many settlers on the borders of Indigenous territories believed that the newly created, professional US military might not support their interests.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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