occupying

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Schulz was an illustrator as well as a writer, and before he was murdered during the war he was forced to paint a bedroom mural for an occupying Nazi officer in what is now Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Although a ceasefire was in place, movement in the area required coordination through a U.S.-French “mechanism” that would stay the fire of Israeli troops currently occupying a swathe of south Lebanon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Today, Royal Hill is empty, aside from the Thai soldiers occupying it.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

A previous report described bees drilling into human bones, but not simply occupying natural cavities like these.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Having no natural controls in this new territory, they spread prodigiously, eventually occupying about 60 million acres.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson