occupying

Example Sentences

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At the time, he was perceived as occupying the party’s far-right fringe.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Not a bad reputation to have, but the sense was he was lacking in the other areas that Clarke in particular values so highly – work rate, occupying a defence, physicality and link-up play.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

An example comes from how investors react to midterm elections when, as is often the case, the political party occupying the White House loses seats in Congress.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

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

Having no natural controls in this new territory, they spread prodigiously, eventually occupying about 60 million acres.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson