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occupant

[ok-yuh-puhnt] / ˈɒk yə pənt /


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She said she and other bystanders tried to open the door of the damaged Nissan to help free the occupants but were unable to do so.

From Los Angeles Times

She’s the nation’s top civil-rights enforcer, and few occupants of her office have had as high a public profile as she does—including close to 1.6 million followers on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal

Hyundai said it has developed an over-the-air software update to “enhance the system’s response to contact with occupants or objects, including additional operating safeguards and to enhance overall system safety.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The three men who died and the injured passenger were travelling in the white Ford while the occupants of the blue BMW were arrested.

From BBC

There we joined the occupants of other barracks—some 35,000 at that time—stretching out of sight in the pale glow of the street lamps, feet growing numb on the cold cinder ground.

From Literature