settlers
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In the 1770s, Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza led an expedition of settlers into what would later become California, bringing donkeys and horses with him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
More than 500,000 settlers live in the territory which is home to some three million Palestinians.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The settlers walked between Ganim and Kadim, settlements that are powerful symbols for their movement.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Extremist settlers had set up an illegal outpost close to Jalud and besieged three houses, including two belonging to the al-Tubasis' sons who are married with young daughters.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Hildy and Prentisstown and russets and sheep and settlers and leaky pipe and Hildy.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
