occupied

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So far, some 3,666 people have been killed, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says, while a quarter of the population has been displaced and more than a tenth of the country occupied.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

And what does any of that have to do with the Allies liberating occupied Europe from the Germans, who are, the last time I checked, also Europeans?

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

"One part of me was occupied with what needed to be done," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Researchers hope future excavations will reveal more about how the cave was used and when people occupied it.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

German armies had occupied most of Belgium and penetrated deep into France.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman