occupy
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Because of this, many physicists have assumed that the spacetime surrounding a quantum object could also occupy several "states" simultaneously.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The folks in nearby Nodaway County have been in an uproar over a proposal to build a data center that would occupy 500 acres.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
In response, Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed the National Guard, who now occupy facilities as a volunteer-only, long-term force.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Gary Patterson had just been elevated from defensive coordinator to head coach at TCU, a job he would occupy for the next two decades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
“Can you think of anything else you’ve found in here that could occupy your time when you leave?”
From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini
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Although the central microchip is only about the size of a grain of rice, the entire system currently occupies a tabletop laboratory setup.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Plymouth occupies a singular place in the American story, with a rich history of the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag people and their complicated relationship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Although each occupies a distinctly separate universe, Espenson says they all fit the same pattern.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The 59-year-old zoo, which occupies 133 acres in the northeast corner of Griffith Park, has also struggled to maintain its national accreditation, with federal regulators finding peeling paint and rust in some exhibits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
A dry rag, for buffing surfaces, occupies the right-hand pocket of your slacks.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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She said Mohammed was killed after running away from soldiers patrolling their village of Al-Rihiya, in the south of the occupied West Bank.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
In a video shared online on 4 April, Townsend featured alongside Ben Stimson and Aiden Minnis - who were given Russian citizenship for fighting in the occupied Donbas region.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
It is a question that occupied Karl Marx and Max Weber and many others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
The chamber consequently became much more densely occupied.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
All but seven of the pods are already occupied.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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The tracks, preserved near an ancient lakeshore, appear to record eight Paranthropus boisei individuals occupying the same place at roughly the same time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The commander of Ukraine’s drone forces, Robert Brovdi, described them as a part of the larger strategy to make the Russian-occupied peninsula uninhabitable for the occupying forces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In late June, the three countries agreed a trilateral framework that should see the Israeli military gradually withdraw from territory it is occupying in southern Lebanon in exchange for the disarmament of Hezbollah.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
An estimated 5,000 plant species grow across Taiwan, occupying environments that extend from humid tropical rainforests near sea level to cold alpine tundra at the highest elevations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ludendorff launched his offensive on the morning of March 21, 1918, against British troops occupying the old Somme battlefield of 1916.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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