occupation
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Hezbollah, for its turn, condemned the attacks, adding in a statement that it had the “natural and legal right to resist occupation and respond to its attacks.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
South Lebanon previously lived under Israeli occupation for nearly 18 years, between 1982 and 2000.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
He said: "It would have been obvious to him from the moment of defecting that continued occupation would be unsustainable."
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
They have “the right to own, use, develop and control the lands, territories and resources that they possess by reason of traditional ownership or other traditional occupation or use.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
“A full-time occupation with overtime. Your grandmother tells me that you do a lot of reading, too.”
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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