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  • noun uncountable The condition of being reoccupied
  • noun countable The act of reoccupying

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Examples

  • Voices ranging from Foreign Minister Shimon Peres to some senior army officials are questioning the wisdom and viability of the long-term reoccupation of Palestinian cities.

    TIME.com: Top Stories 2002

  • So the police want to prevent any kind of reoccupation of this building today during this demonstration -- Miles.

    CNN Transcript Mar 16, 2006 2006

  • To please the Northern Democrats it also declared for the "reoccupation" of Oregon up to 54° 40 '.

    A Brief History of the United States John Bach McMaster 1892

  • On Monday, we not only faced this news of planned Israeli military "reoccupation" of part of Beit Sahour, but we also joined an event at Jeb Al-Theib near Beit Sahour where settlers have already taken lots of lands from Arab Al-Zawahreh and regularly harass the remaining Palestinians.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2010

  • In his second statement on national television in as many days, Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, appealed for calm, reaching out to opposition leaders and appearing to sanction the protesters' reoccupation of the Pearl roundabout.

    Bahraini Demonstrators Retake Pearl Roundabout Joe Parkinson 2011

  • They occasionally post calls online for a reoccupation of the park, with one last week reading, Hot lunch will be served at 11:30ish!

    Occupy AstroTurf L. Gordon Crovitz 2012

  • On foreign policy, it resolved: “that our title to the whole of the Territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power, and that the reoccupation of Oregon and the reannexation of Texas, at the earliest practicable period, are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the democracy of the Union.”

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • On foreign policy, it resolved: “that our title to the whole of the Territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power, and that the reoccupation of Oregon and the reannexation of Texas, at the earliest practicable period, are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the democracy of the Union.”

    A Country of Vast Designs Robert W. Merry 2009

  • The reoccupation of all territories previously evacuated by Israel in the West Bank further eroded any modicum of trust left.

    Alon Ben-Meir: The Arab Peace initiative: Now or Never 2010

  • Would he support the expansion of settlements, an end to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, repudiation of the two-state solution, a military attack on Iran, the permanent occupation of the West Bank, and perhaps the reoccupation of Gaza?

    What Would Obama Do If His Only Concern Was Israel? 2010

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