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Municipal government speaker Colleen Makhubele implied those inside had been occupying it illegally, and that the city had sought but often failed to evict squatters from such buildings.

From Reuters • Aug. 31, 2023

A man who had been occupying the block in a portable cabin for more than a week in an apparent act of Russian defiance left soon after.

From Washington Times • Jun. 25, 2023

Meanwhile, Bennett, Sid Mills and others visited Alcatraz Island in California, which Native activists had been occupying since November 1969.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2022

As the country waited for Rajapaksa’s resignation on Thursday, demonstrators withdrew from three major government buildings they had been occupying.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2022

He remained for a time quietly in the chair he had been occupying, but soon he rose and crossed to his desk, throwing back the top of it.

From The Last Woman by Beeckman, Ross