"occupy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- On 20 March units of the 4th Marine Regiment, transported by President Hayes, peacefully occupied Emirau Island.
- That the islands have been continuously and peacefully occupied by the UK since 1833, with the exception of "2 months of illegal occupation" by Argentina.
- Goa was peacefully occupied by the British between 1812-1815 in the context of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance during the Napoleonic Wars.
- Larkin joined the force sailing for southern California which by 13 August had peacefully occupied San Diego, California and Los Angeles.
- The Marines peacefully occupied Emirau on 20 March, and Talbot returned to Purvis Bay.
- The city was peacefully occupied for several days, with Confederate troops encamped in the Milltown section.
- Author Simon Brooks recommended that English-owned homes in Wales be "peacefully occupied".
- Dunlin was adamant that the land could be occupied peacefully again, if only it was reclaimed.
- Pappé states that numerous Palestinian villages had been peacefully occupied by Muslim, Druze, and Christians for centuries.
- It's his $13 million, his team and his headache if he thinks it's worth putting the combustible Lou Piniella back in the seat Torre has occupied so peacefully, and productively.
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