settlers
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As settlers — first Spanish missionaries and later Californians — spread out more and more, the tribe was rendered landless by 1900.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
As for curbing the violence of Jewish settlers in the West Bank, it might have a little bit of impact.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
Spenser arrived in Ireland in 1580, during the brutal suppression of the Second Desmond Rebellion, and became a beneficiary of the plantations, through which confiscated Irish lands were granted to English settlers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
An Israeli army captain finally defused the standoff, but the Palestinians never reached their property and the settlers appeared to suffer no consequences.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
We have too many settlers to feed, and yet hardly anyone is working to store food for the winter.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
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