settlers

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The Israeli army later said it had intervened to confiscate digging tools from the settlers and to avoid further tension.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

After initially trying to negotiate with the settlers, Mohammed rushed up to the grave just as they were about to break through a slab which was all that remained between them and his father's remains.

From BBC • May 10, 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

Ford’s arrival in 1907 drew waves of German, Irish and Jewish settlers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

For example, in Problems in American Democracy the other day, Mr. Weiner asked him what kind of homes early American settlers lived in, and John said tree huts.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel