occupation
Example Sentences
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After whipping through a few jokes about his appearance and occupation, he paused and looked to the audience at Beaches Tropicana nightclub in West Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
"As long as Lebanon is under occupation or under threat," he said, "we can't trust anyone."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
The militias emerged during the U.S. occupation of Iraq and later helped the U.S. vanquish Islamic State.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
At Pinnacle Point 5-6 in South Africa, researchers found evidence of Toba cryptotephra in layers showing continuous human occupation before, during and after the eruption.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
He’d discovered that the occupation forces had bags of salt.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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