occupying

Example Sentences

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After several months of occupying the property, the dealer finally left.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

At the time, he was perceived as occupying the party’s far-right fringe.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

An example comes from how investors react to midterm elections when, as is often the case, the political party occupying the White House loses seats in Congress.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

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

So they decided that Hershel would continue alone to Narewka, and my father would return to Kraków and take his chances with the occupying army.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson