occupy
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The cable undeniably changed the world, but who pays attention to how the digits that increasingly occupy our time are conveyed around the globe?
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The land they occupy would be 18 times bigger than New York City.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
He says he will eliminate street encampments, which occupy downtown’s Skid Row, as well as plenty of other hot spots in various neighborhoods.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026
In yellow, you see the five areas of the pitch PSG look to occupy at all times while there is more fluidity for the players positioned in the midfield areas.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
The overall effect, he wrote, “is thus to be in some degree of the character of a theatrical scene, to occupy the Exposition stage for a single summer.”
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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