occupying

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Schulz was an illustrator as well as a writer, and before he was murdered during the war he was forced to paint a bedroom mural for an occupying Nazi officer in what is now Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Bose-Einstein Condensates are another, with ultracold atoms occupying the same quantum state.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

Although a ceasefire was in place, movement in the area required coordination through a U.S.-French “mechanism” that would stay the fire of Israeli troops currently occupying a swathe of south Lebanon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Perhaps this could all be done more quickly than securing the Strait of Hormuz or occupying Kharg, but it’s not an in-and-out operation like Venezuela.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

His soldiers looked forward to occupying Paris and marching in triumph down the Champs-Élysées.

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