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The population, then at around 211 million, continued to expand, and many who at first worried for the carrying capacity of the planet became preoccupied with walling off the country and keeping the global population at bay.

Justice Chandrachud said his mind was “heavily preoccupied with fears and anxieties about the future and the past”.

Preoccupied with owning the libs, they abandoned their kitchen to Donald Trump.

He said he often became preoccupied with a topic he was interested in, throwing himself into intense research.

On the Capitol Riots on 6 January, 2021, she wrote that she "wasn't aware" of what was taking place because she was preoccupied with her duties.