settlers
Example Sentences
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Rabie said the settlers fled after villagers emerged from their homes, adding that local volunteers managed to extinguish the flames before they spread further.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
US congressman Ro Khanna says he was detained for 90 minutes by armed Israeli settlers during a visit to the occupied West Bank.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Every summer since 2009, residents have gathered on this hill for a kite festival, held on land they say has been partly lost after being confiscated by settlers.
From Barron's ● Jul. 11, 2026
No. But like the books it makes clear the well-founded fear that settlers had about the Native Americans around them, and the oblivious attitude of the pioneers toward the people they were displacing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
He sided with British settlers who wanted land in the Ohio Country.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
