take up space
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Solar panels can also be unreliable because they become dirty, require sunlight and take up space.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
Lesley said she "always brought her daughter up to be an independent woman, to take up space and to be who she is".
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
And most importantly, that mothers have the right to take up space in a predominantly male-dominated event, on the field and in the stands.
From Salon ● Feb. 18, 2026
Koebler says that the fight over who can take up space in this country—it’s kind of at the heart of the whole American project.
From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2023
All it ever did was take up space, dangling uselessly over my shoulder in its haversack like a wingless khaki albatross for the past four years.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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