7 sentences with “occupy”

Shortly after the end of the Civil War in the United States, Northern troops continued to occupy Richmond, Virginia.

This resort would occupy a beautiful 5.5-kilometer stretch of beach known as El Asperillo, where the dunes reach the height of a five-story building.

Charles X fled into exile in England, the last Bourbon monarch to occupy the throne of France, and his cousin Louis Philippe of the Orléans branch of the royal line became king.

Moreover, not only were African states able to fight Europeans successfully, but African diseases made it impossible for large numbers of Europeans to colonise or occupy much of African territory.

There would be no property restrictions on voting - although women remained disenfranchised, as everywhere else - and never again would a monarch occupy the throne of France simply because of his dynastic birth.

We walked hand in hand and, when we reached the car, she came up to me to be kissed. I gladly obliged. But it was only a moment of solace: I was only a friend and never managed to occupy an important place in her heart.

Strangely, from a present-day perspective, however, there is no new technology to speak of, and the political and social order remains intact: a king, nobility, clergy and commoners occupy their respective places in society - they simply interact more "rationally".