"occupy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Syria occupied Lebanon for 30 years until being forced to withdraw its troops after the assassination.
- He militarily occupied Lebanon and indirectly killed a quarter of its population by starvation.
- From this year on, Syria occupied Lebanon until its withdrawal in 2005.
- On Thursday, the zone had completed 10 full years in its present form, although Israeli forces have occupied Lebanon for much longer.
- The Syrians were to occupy Lebanon for another 15 years.
- But it can play on Lebanese anger against Israel, which occupied southern Lebanon for 18 years.
- Israel then invaded and occupied southern Lebanon until the end of the war.
- It's doubtful that air power will ever be able to achieve those goals, and Israel should not repeat the mistake of occupying Lebanon.
- The resulting civil war served as a pretext for Syria to occupy Lebanon and put an end to its sovereignty.
- "Syria occupies Lebanon," one senior administration official said.
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