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occupation

[ok-yuh-pey-shuhn] / ˌɒk yəˈpeɪ ʃən /




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Even if an occupation is growing, in some traditional union trades, there are wait lists to join them, he added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

It encompasses dozens of villages and is reminiscent of Israel's occupation of a 20-kilometre-deep strip of land along the border until 2000.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

It lay on the medieval spice route between Asia, the Middle East and Europe, and its strategic position made it a target for colonial occupation, most importantly by Italy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Hezbollah, for its turn, condemned the attacks, adding in a statement that it had the “natural and legal right to resist occupation and respond to its attacks.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

We knew that Willem had found hiding places at the beginning of the occupation for the German Jews who had been living in his house.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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