occupy

Books occupy a unique place within physical media — one of the last forms that does not track, monitor, or encroach on the humans who read them.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026

It’s a brutally honest tune where I name many of the things that occupy my mind.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Chinese diplomats told me the staging wasn’t meant to belittle Putin, noting that the two figures occupy roughly equal portions of the picture’s frame.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

"Rattlesnakes occupy an important role in the ecosystems they dwell in and in recent years their populations have dropped significantly in many parts of the United States."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026

He looks through me like the physical space I occupy is empty.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Lebanon is working towards a "complete Israeli withdrawal" from areas it occupies, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on a visit to a village where Lebanon's army recently deployed.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

The brainstem occupies only a sliver of the brain, yet it keeps people alive.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Post-surgical pain occupies a unique middle ground between acute and chronic pain.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026

Jane Street occupies a nondescript office building in Brookfield Place across from the World Trade Center, rather than the Greenwich Village street it randomly picked for its name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026

It occupies so much space in her house she must step carefully around it in the dark.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

From certain angles it seems not much bigger than the shoe occupied by the old woman in the nursery rhyme.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

At that time, the region occupied a strategically important position.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026

The mostly young demonstrators have occupied the protest site since last month to demand the resignation of India's education minister over exam-paper leaks.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Witkoff sat in a row of hard wooden benches often occupied by people aiming to make public displays of support for Trump—J.D.

From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026

Food was scarce; in a nation at war, much of it occupied by enemy troops, it was difficult to grow and gather crops.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

Even Tory sympathizers came to resent the manners of the occupying force.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

And so it will, for at least several more years, Austin Reaves now occupying a Laker leading sidekick role made famous during their championship years by the likes of Anthony Davis and Pau Gasol.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026

Migratory birds use the area during different seasons, with wintering species spending the colder months there and breeding species occupying the region during summer.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 22, 2026

Meanwhile, the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah said it carried out more attacks on Israeli troops occupying parts of the country's south.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

Thomas wondered again about his inexplicable feeling of connection with her, though it had faded a little—but that could have been because of everything else occupying his thoughts.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner