occupy
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“They occupy several worlds at once,” senior media analyst at entertainment research company Exhibitor Relations Jeff Bock said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The gondola would occupy only a small slice of the 32-acre space, but it would be a visible distraction from every inch of the park.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
In general, guardians have fewer rights than private renters, external because they hold a "licence to occupy" rather than a tenancy.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
Outside some children play football or badminton as they seek ways to occupy themselves.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
To our ears, it sounds so obvious because we occupy the future location that Washington envisioned.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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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
Ceuta has been in Spanish hands since 1580 and occupies a peninsula sticking out into the Mediterranean from the coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Its size and position indicate that it occupies the same underground system that supplied magma to the ancient eruption.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
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
A large table occupies that space, covered with tools and scraps of metal and gears and old computer parts and wires.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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The first occupied a roped-off parking lot beside an elementary school.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
More than a quarter of homes in the United States with three or more bedrooms are occupied exclusively by people aged 65 or older, up from 19% two decades ago, the Economist recently reported.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
The analyst points out that the payments industry has high barriers to entry, and add that excluding the territory occupied by the country’s major banks, Cuscal has more than half the market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
ITV Studios has applied to Leeds City Council to remain at the farm site in Harewood which the show has occupied since 1997.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Some of them are occupied, while other prisoners gather around a fire giving more smoke than warmth.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
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Eventually, he said, robots will become consumer products, occupying a place somewhere between smartphones and automobiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Its presence beside Hesperosuchus gives researchers a rare view of two related predators occupying different ecological roles within the same ancient environment.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 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
The result is crisp-edged, deeply savory and worthy of occupying an entire corner of the table.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Before that day, I had never seen people being together and yet not together, occupying the same space yet choosing not to associate with each other in any way.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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