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According to Ochigava's indictment documents, members of the cabin crew noticed him on the plane because he was moving between multiple unassigned seats.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2024

The day Nassar was stabbed, 44 posts were left vacant and unassigned at the prison, records show.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023

As I looked around the noisy room, I noticed that the various tables, which had unassigned seating, presented racially diverse groups of young people at each, laughing and flirting and enjoying one another’s company.

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2022

We arrived at the airport early enough to be first in line for the unassigned seats, and sat in the front row, where there was extra room for our legs.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 19, 2018

Remarks.—Restriction of the range of S. v. monticola to Arizona and New Mexico leaves shrews that were formerly assigned to this subspecies from Utah, Idaho, Washington and southern British Columbia unassigned.

From Speciation of the Wandering Shrew by Findley, James S.