settlers

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A new wave of settlers – pastoralist-farmers hailing ultimately from the Russian steppe – began to infiltrate the Rhine area in the form of the Corded Ware culture.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

In the same 50 years, settlers had continued their westward push with the backing of the federal government, displacing Native Americans, and urban centers had begun to industrialize, leading to labor unrest among workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

EU officials said that seven settlers or settler organisations would be sanctioned.

From BBC • May 11, 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

Evidently, Austronesian settlers in the New Guinea region got the idea of “tattooing” their pots, perhaps inspired by geometric designs that they had already been using on their bark cloth and body tattoos.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond