| 单词 | territory |
| 例句 | For starters, despite the fact that black people made up over 80 percent of South Africa’s population, the territory allocated for the homelands was about 13 percent of the country’s land. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z This strategy would avoid a mad dash on their territory, though whites could then attempt to buy allotments from tribe members. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Somehow he managed to reach every ball that came anywhere near his territory, even though he was so short that he looked like someone’s tag-along kid brother. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “But, technically speaking, Suquamish villages were built on both sides of the Sound. So their reservation is across from us, but this whole region counts as our ancestral territory.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He and Nina had walked this same territory together. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z These rulers had two major concerns: first, that a foreigner might enter Italy with his armies; second, that no one of them should seize more territory. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z This isn’t new territory for my mom and me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z They might be simple, down-to-earth statements about navigation, or sources of krill, or limits of territory. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z For when the Orsini realized, only too late, that the greatness of the Duke and of the Church spelled their ruin, they called a meeting at Magione in the territory of Perugia. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z All colored people will organize and there will be a revolution, and at the close colored people will take up all the territory east of the Mississippi and south of the Potomac. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Now there is not a great deal of unoccupied territory left, but there is still room for chord V which I have marked with a grey line. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Flipping back to the beginning of the test, Reynie read the very first question again: “The territories of the Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region are disputed by what two countries?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I remember being in awe of the new street signs, like some virgin territory had been discovered and we were some of the first to visit it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He splashed through the fallen feathers, which were deepest here in the territory between the shooter and the white box, like October leaves. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z His ego was much too substantial for such limited territory. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In modern spy talk, Honeyman was a “sleeper,” an agent under cover in enemy territory and awaiting orders, usually for a single, vital mission. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They drove hundreds of squatters from settlements in their territory in the Upper Ohio Valley region. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Something inside him said: This isn’t my territory. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Five thousand fans gushed into the grandstand and clubhouse, staking out their territory with blankets and spring jackets. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “My taste buds are neutral territory, I swear.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I realized I was in their home territory now. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “It’s when powerful countries take over other countries and call them their territories,” she explained. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In vain did Bolivia counterattack with its ally, Peru; Chile simply repelled their incompetently led forces and took over the entire territory, as well as a chunk of southern Peru. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z My only American friend so far is an eighth-grade boy with a voice that's higher than mine, and he still keeps trying to move us into romantic territory. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This is not caused by the greater or lesser virtue of the conqueror, but rather by the different characteristics of the conquered territories. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z I think in the end we must have absorbed quite a lot of information, because I remember, around that age, a marked change in the way we approached the whole territory surrounding the donations. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But within four years Jefferson had compelled the Osage to relinquish their territory between the Arkansas River and the Missouri River. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z They were nomads, living on horseback, traveling to graze their herds, defeating anyone who tried to move into their cold, high territories. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The Ngoni people marched north for many months and finally stopped in Chewa territory, where the soil was moist and fertile. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Like other horrors I have witnessed in the arena, it has reached the end of its territory. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z On December 7, 1941, the Axis power Japan surprised the United States with an air attack on the naval base at Pearl Harbor in the territory of Hawaii. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A city-state is an independent state or nation consisting of a city and its surrounding territory. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z It would have been a shorter trip to Athens over land, but after the crew’s experience with mountain spirits in Italy, they’d decided not to fly over Gaea’s territory any more than they had to. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The new agricultural territories were not only far smaller than those of ancient foragers, but also far more artificial. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He understood that they were protecting their territory, just like he was trained to do in the military. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Societies with effective conflict resolution, sound decision making, and harmonious economic redistribution can develop better technology, concentrate their military power, seize larger and more productive territories, and crush autonomous smaller societies one by one. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Everybody converged on the creek as Luke ran across into friendly territory. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z More than a few black laborers stayed away from work, thinking it too risky to cross into territory where trouble might be waiting. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z By mid-1780 the Cherokee resistance regained momentum when they began raiding squatters’ settlements within Cherokee territory. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z With snow came the kites, once the rulers of Kabul’s winter skies, now timid trespassers in territory claimed by streaking rockets and fighter jets. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Even a year after treatment, a spring die-off of songbirds occurred and much good nesting territory lay silent and unoccupied. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “It’s over. De Bums are through. Back in Yankee territory, they got as much chance as a guppie swallowing a whale.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z She made two trips a year into slave territory, one in the fall and another in the spring. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z This is new and hazy territory for me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z As population density increases, the territory of that band-sized population of a few dozen would shrink to a small area, with more and more of life’s necessities having to be obtained outside the area. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It would mean a delayed victory, a tighter squeezing of Biafra’s territory, but it would also mean that they would go and live in Kainene’s house in Orlu until the war ended. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Some took off from the gate running, yet others took baby steps through uncharted territory. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z As the country expanded westward, the argument intensified: When new states and territories were added to the nation, should slavery be permitted in them? Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Horses were one reason the Lakota became a strong nation and controlled a large territory. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The whole idea was to lose our bearings, to push ourselves into unknown territory. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He was stuck in Alaska, the giant’s home territory, out of contact with his old friends just as his memories were coming back. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z She rode the prevailing wind over the familiar mountains and rivers and beyond the Catskills into unknown territory. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Those whose attitude toward the war is most nearly rational are the subject peoples of the disputed territories. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z "I've never seen this section before. It's new territory for me." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t have to whisper. No one comes here at night It’s ugly territory, and they’re all in bed, unless they’re tricking.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Cultivating wheat provided much more food per unit of territory, and thereby enabled Homo sapiens to multiply exponentially. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z All of the disputed territories contain valuable minerals, and some of them yield important vegetable products such as rubber which in colder climates it is necessary to synthesize by comparatively expensive methods. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Don’t dig in my child’s territory!” my mother screamed a warning and hurried over to protect my discovery by staking out the area I was digging in. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They were in enemy territory now, a place of steep risk, the kind of fix you didn’t walk out of if you didn’t keep your wits about you. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z About 100,000 years ago, some Sapiens groups migrated north to the Levant, which was Neanderthal territory, but failed to secure a firm footing. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Injustice which lasts for three long centuries and which exists among millions of people over thousands of square miles of territory, is injustice no longer; it is an accomplished fact of life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z And, once defeated, they might leave Lakota territory. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z As far as the troll was concerned, his territory was being encroached on. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z When they patrol the boundaries of their territory, they may try to kill stranger chimps from a different community. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z In the 1880s, John Florer, a Kansas frontiersman who referred to Osage territory as “God’s country,” established the first trading post in Gray Horse. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He then revealed that Soviet forces had shot down the American spy plane over Russian territory. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, then we’re entering postfood, performance art territory. Which is not pathetic. I appreciate the thought, but please, follow my lead tonight.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z And each crew got its territory in their neighborhood. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Unfortunately as soon as we step inside, it’s obvious that I’ve landed us all in hostile territory. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The shaky footing of every new word, an unknown territory to struggle through letter by letter. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Eventually, he hoarded and borrowed enough money to buy his own herd in Osage territory. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Territorial empires directly occupy territories with their armies, throw out the old rulers, and annex the land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z We pass holdings and farmhouses, dogs that bark and take little runs to scare us off their territory. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z This combination of Continental Army regulars, rangers, and commercial scalp hunters ravaged most of Seneca territory. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z West Indian Archie’s territory for sure, but I don’t figure it matters. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A territory is only possessed for a moment in time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There you go, wading in your clodhoppers through our private territory. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z At last, in the spring of 40 BCE, Mark Antony’s neglect put Rome’s eastern territory in danger. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z It's only ten blocks, but eight of them beeline through the heart of Stinger territory. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I would usually get in a fight because I walked in their territory. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z If a murder occurred on Indian territory, then the federal authorities could claim jurisdiction. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “You have been an excellent host! We would be happy to amuse you, to repay the favor of passing through your territory.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In 1869, the women’s suffrage movement experienced its first victory: The territory of Wyoming became the first US jurisdiction to grant women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Jefferson, it must be remembered, had proposed the abolition of slavery in all the western territories. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The result is that from a widespread territory to the north birds pass through this traffic bottleneck. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The knock is prescribed: the sitting room is supposed to be Serena Joy’s territory, he’s supposed to ask permission to enter it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s the way civilized man now encumbers his territory, not with great walls or stretches of wire but with a single well-placed device, a neat bundling with the workings of a mind. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the summer and fall of 1776, more than five thousand rangers from Virginia, Georgia, and North and South Carolina stormed through Cherokee territory. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Now they had their own territory, their own gambling hall, and that run-down house had become the Slat, a dry, warm place to get a hot meal or hole up when you were wounded. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z What do you do when you are faced with several different gods each claiming the same territory? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is the land grant to all of the territory from the silver mountains to the blue hills, from the dead salt sea there to the distant valleys of moonstone and emerald,” said the Leader. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z They are generalizations, like the proposition that increasing corporation tax will damage the government’s revenues because companies will migrate to territories with lower tax regimes. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Folks had been taking pieces of that old place since the Clarkes left the territory the spring before. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z It requires a territory of as much as a hundred square miles per dragon. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z With any luck, the territory would contain flint, jasper, or chalcedony, the raw material for spear points, meat scrapers, and other hunting tools. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The teacher also raged against the colossal loss of territory: Alsace and Lorraine were returned to France and large amounts of land were given to Belgium, Denmark, Poland, and Lithuania. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Valuable German territory was also taken away as part of the treaty, causing the loss of industrial and agricultural income. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It shifted, tightening itself into a more compact coil, looking more like it was defending territory than getting ready to leave. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Gray Horse, in the western part of the territory, consisted of little more than a cluster of newly built lodges, and it was here where Lizzie and Ne-kah-e-se-y, who married in 1874, settled. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z By 1938, the Reich Labor Service had turned so many acres of forests and swamps into useful land that it made up for nearly all the territory Germany had lost in the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Ripred gave them a nod and they started off, deep, deep into enemy territory. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I was uncertain if this referred to Bud or to a literal blue jay, or if, perhaps, we were heading into the territory of senile dementia. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z One thing is certain: The situation for Jews had grown progressively worse in Germany and other German-occupied territory. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Alec folded his arms and stuck his chest out like a bear trying to defend its territory. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It’s a risk you’re taking, said Aunt Lydia, but you are the shock troops, you will march out in advance, into dangerous territory. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “We certainly won’t encroach on your territory. We just ate outside of Seattle, anyway,” he laughed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z While one’s first association to African antelope is “vast dense herds spreading across the horizon,” in fact the males of those herds space themselves into territories and fight fiercely with each other when breeding. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When they heard Box 342 rung, however, they assumed the fire was out of their territory and unhitched the horses. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z A captured spy in enemy territory, plotting her spectacular escape. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As winter settled in, the German radio blared out urgent appeals for Winter Help, a program to aid the soldiers and German families living in German-occupied territories. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The guy looked around and there was a space next to the territory I'd carved out for myself on the table with my pile of books. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The cities of Germany are completely independent, they control little surrounding territory, they obey the emperor when they please, and they fear neither him nor any other nearby power. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The king had declared that large amounts of territory on the continent belonged to England. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Mama was worth a lot, and before she finished high school they had promised her to the upright son of a well-to-do farmer in the territory. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Fearful that ongoing war would mean utter destruction of their nation, a faction of Shawnee accepted a peace agreement that meant giving up some of their autonomy and the territory they used as hunting grounds. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Perfect for making an unnoticed approach into enemy territory. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And they were still so close to German territory that they were afraid they’d be blown back over the front lines if they tried to use their parachutes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I loved them for not giving up on me because charting this unknown territory on a leap of faith at times was paralyzing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Accustomed to nestling with a bedful of siblings and grannies, they fitted their privacy tighter rather than claim the haunted room as human territory. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z So the Osage bought the territory for seventy cents per acre and, in the early 1870s, began their exodus. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He felt strange about voicing it; this was much more Hermione’s territory than his. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z This one was louder and more pointed, as though he was finally treading the territory she hoped he would. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “This isn’t my territory. Tomorrow we can meet with the Council and figure things out from there.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z To build a tower would be to follow Eiffel into territory he already had conquered for France. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Perhaps I'm out of his territory at last, I thought and began trying to place Rinehart in the scheme of things. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In doing so, he establishes that the ring is his territory, not theirs, a notion that he reinforces by shouting, by stomping about, by snapping his whip. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I dragged the hamper through, and now we v ere in forbidden territory. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a war in the East, an Unseelie king with a lot of territory and no desire to bend his knee to the High King. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They were waiting to ambush us because we were in their territory and they thought we had killed their cattle to eat. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She had thought her uniform would protect her as she crossed unknown territory. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They also wanted equivalently open access to western lands, meaning no federal restrictions on slavery in the territories. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Biologists might have blanched at trying to describe the “gene molecule” on purely hypothetical grounds—but what physicist could resist taking a ramble in weird, risky territory? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The demand for land was met by invading and conquering larger and larger swaths of territory. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z American military maps showed this region of South Vietnam in different colors: one color for land controlled by the South Vietnamese government, another for territory controlled by the Viet Cong. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As bad as the west coast sounded, it was still his home territory. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Mindful of the red-tailed hawks, she flew north to get beyond their territory before heading for the mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They got him away from his home territory, ambushed him, held him down and cut him up.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But now people were watching American troops fighting brutal battles to retake territories and cities that were supposed to be secure. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mark started dragging him down the hallway, aware on some level that he himself had crossed into territory from which he wasn’t sure he’d come back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Burnham thought it obvious that the territory belonged to him. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Any one of his features would be dramatic, but all of them together, it’s a turf war, a rumble for territory, nose against mouth against flashing eyes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Once your animal has trespassed upon your territory, be unflagging in your outrage. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The feeling of being in someone else's home, in neutral territory, nothing mine and nothing hers, no clues about each other in the blankets or the firewood or the photographs on the mantel. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As for the constitutional question, he regarded federal jurisdiction over the western territories as a clear precedent that had been established, irony of ironies, by Jefferson’s executive action in the Louisiana Purchase. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “Eat your raisins,” Skeezie tells him, tossing the box at him as Addie and I set off on our journey to uncharted territory: the center of the cafeteria. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The Osage had seen what had happened to the Cherokee Outlet, a vast prairie that was part of the Cherokees’ territory and was near the western border of the Osage reservation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Koalas, which subsist exclusively on eucalyptus leaves, happily munched their way into new territories. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The borderlands—as this region was known—were remote and lawless territories that had been fought over for hundreds of years. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But these dozen or so cover most of the territory. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z More than a hundred years after oil was discovered in Osage territory, a new revolutionary source of energy was transforming the region. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Later, during Teddy Roosevelt’s era, much remaining communal territory was designated National Forest in which a rancher could only run his animals providing he had the money and political pull to obtain grazing permits. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z With them, it wasn’t a fight for territory, it was a fight for their lives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Sixteen years later, however, the Indigenous villages had recovered and were a barrier to the settlers moving into the Colony of Connecticut, which was in Pequot territory. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z After the Indians left, the industries and businesses in and around their territories closed up too: small-time fisheries, hunting camps, tourist traps. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Lot of territory up there. Lot of stones.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z It was my territory, even if it wasn’t my true home. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, in Europe, Hitler was already on the prowl for more territory. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Octavian pointed out that Mark Antony could now raise armies and reward his veterans with land from his own territories instead of needing to come to Italy. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The planes gained altitude steadily and were above nine thousand feet by the time they crossed into enemy territory. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It is to be achieved either by gradually acquiring more and more territory and so building up an overwhelming preponderance of power, or by the discovery of some new and unanswerable weapon. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z With the opening of vast new territories, slaves had tripled in value. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Reducing diversions even to 10 percent of total production, he calculated, would require a force of tens of thousands of inspectors fanned out across Russia’s vast territory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If there was any territory for me to claim, it had to be on his face. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Some of the PAC men had already been on the island, and saw our arrival as an encroachment on their territory. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We restocked the coolers, but by the time we got back to the beach another hawker team was working our territory. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as the animal has laid a paw in your territory, or even made a determined advance into the neutral territory,you have achieved your goal. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Pilots flying new planes could provide swift transport over otherwise impossible distances and heights, perform glamorous stunts and dramatic rescues, explore new territory...and, of course, embark on dangerous acts of war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z And by another treaty, if you're not in any country's territory, maritime law applies. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z My heart rate finally elevated slightly above somber territory as we engaged in a heated debate over which came first, the chicken or the egg. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Lazlo only smiled, as the condescension marked a return to familiar territory. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z And no territory was being gained, because as soon as American troops left an area, the Viet Cong slipped right back in. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There was a stink, kind of like burnt toast, though nowhere near sweaty-armpit territory. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The territory affected fay the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 included parts of what are currently known as the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The Sapiens population was thinly spread over vast territories. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Further, as a precautionary measure for those in the occupied territories, everyone living within a zone of twenty miles from the coast was warned to prepare for bombardments. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z As they first began to expand their territory on the mainland, since they did not have much to control there and enjoyed great prestige, they had little to fear from their captains. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Here, again, we see where rhetoric and poetics share territory. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z We had enough problems with Shayla and Ashley that we really didn’t need to go crouching on their territory to add to them. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I knew that had been Clarence’s traditional territory. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z In contrast, some tribes in northern Australia gave more importance to a person’s maternal ancestry, and a person’s tribal identity depended on his or her totem rather than his territory. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But as for building the beastly thing, “we were working in absolutely unexplored territory.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Now that the setting, the territory, had changed, I wasn’t sure how he would take to me if he came upon me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z As dawn crested, he entered the challenger’s territory, and still he ran. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A separate territory on which we can lift ourselves out of these white man’s slums for us, and his breadlines for us. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you know—you probably do know—that in enemy territory the life expectancy of a w/op, or W/T operator as they say in SOE, is only six weeks? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z So he really was afraid to come into “enemy territory,” Ann realized. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Those frogmen went quietly at night in small rubber boats into the enemy territory. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Every now and again the Seminoles would get drunk and claim that Florida was their territory and everyone else had better pack up and move out. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z His idea was to offer the Russians a two-year moratorium on nuclear testing, with compliance to be verified by eight to twelve monitoring stations on each country’s territory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She owned herself for a few hours every week was how she looked at it, to tug weeds, pluck caterpillars, thin out the sour greens, and glare at anyone planning incursions on her territory. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Each of us was expected to pick up any trash in the territory that he covered. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The best way to do this will most likely be to go to the edge of your territory and noisily intrude into the neutral zone. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Two years later, in 1803, France sold its North American territory to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Her expression, like Fig’s satisfied calm while grooming, was definitely moving into happy territory. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Even in the paragraphs above, for instance, it seemed natural to talk about traveling through a speech “step by step,” or of traveling through “well-known territory.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Now she was in the worst possible of situations: she was in enemy territory and had no way to defend herself, or even to kill herself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The territory was new, and Nhamo realized she would have to stay with the baboons because she wasn’t sure of the way back. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We enjoyed this new cadence, taking the time to help Chi-Boy gather sticks for arrows, playing in the clearings dotted with strangely robust flowers new to the territory. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But Louis XIV persuaded England to switch sides, offering large financial incentives and a promise of territory on mainland Europe once The Netherlands had been conquered. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Your song,” I said sheepishly, suddenly feeling like I’d maybe illegally trespassed into Dad’s private territory. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The cities are safe, the controlled territories are largely secure...Why should our citizens pay to educate colored boys and girls to do a job they’re already biologically equipped to do? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I know of everything that moves within my territory, mouse. Yes, I do know of Asmodeus. I also know where he calls home. Why do you ask?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Woe betide another gang or an oblivious youngster from a different neighborhood who happened to set foot in Ragen’s territory. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer won the argument by insisting that without a test, “the use of the gadget over enemy territory will have to be done substantially blindly.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as the British were concerned, this included Cherokee territory, although the Cherokee Nation had never agreed to be part of France. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Apparently, the phantom fence cutters had struck all around the territory, stirring up trouble between every farmer and the neighboring ranchers. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He entered his territory without intruding into mine, only causing the boat to lurch to one side. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z J. P. Marquand pored over much the same territory and, like O’Hara, became both a popular and a critical success. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z In no time at all Remirro reduced the territory to a peaceful and united state, and in so doing, the Duke greatly increased his prestige. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Factions and splinter groups had for years prevented Rome from taming the eastern territories. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z They argued whether the pressure of so many newcomers was going to send them the way so many others were sent, into the territory of the Bwaanug, the Dakota. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Chile finally returned most of Peru’s territory in 1929 but never gave back any land to Bolivia—an outcome that nation has never accepted. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But by 1945 it had become a pest of only minor importance throughout much of the territory over which it had spread. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z They did not know she was a predator, but they did not like any other living thing in their territory. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A small gate in the high chain-link fence led out into open tiger territory. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “He’s like the best! And he’s in my territory.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The other letter was for his wife, who lived in Liberal territory, and he left it with a plea to see that it reached its destination. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “If his death pleases you,” Luke said, “will you let our armies cross your territory?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They dress just like us, they act just like us, and they want the territory we own. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The Osage had been assured by the U.S. government that their Kansas territory would remain their home forever, but before long they were under siege from settlers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z As it was, after I dismissed it as rubbish, we both shrank back from the whole territory. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Later on I turned the other way, with my head resting just above the middle bench, my back to Richard Parker and his territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z To survive, they needed a detailed mental map of their territory. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “In neutral territory. Most of the Abnegation have graciously agreed to let us stay in their sector of the city to plan as they clean up the aftermath of the attack.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z His enlistment seemed just another of Leper’s vagaries, such as the time he slept on top of Mount Katahdin in Maine where each morning the sun first strikes United States territory. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Parthians reclaimed old territory, many of Mark Antony’s troops switched their loyalty to the stronger side. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The red sky made her dread the rules of this next territory. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “You sure? Last time I checked, Rose Park was King territory.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z A biologically sound zoo enclosure—whether cage, pit, moated island, corral, terrarium, aviary or aquarium—is just another territory, peculiar only in its size and in its proximity to human territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He set out not merely to build houses on this primitive territory, but to plant the seeds of a new civilization. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Any effort they made to defend the territory was clumsy at best, and hopeless, at worst. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z ‘Home’ was the entire territory, with its hills, streams, woods and open sky. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington’s report on the French plans helped convince England to fight France for control of the territory both nations claimed. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But perhaps their owner had died, and they had run away together, or perhaps they had been lost from some car traveling across country, and were trying to make their way back to familiar territory. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, you’d better go. And do be careful in my husband’s territory, Percy. Don’t take anything. He is awfully fussy about his trinkets and trash.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Ptolemy Philadelphus received territories in Asia Minor, including the northern part of Syria and Cilicia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Farther down the path, he walked at a leisurely pace, as self-assured and confident as a wolf prowling its territory. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Though Grammer and Hale generally moved in different circles, White established that they’d known each other for years, from the time when Hale had first appeared in Osage territory, at the turn of the century. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I suppose it was because even at that age—we were nine or ten—we knew just enough to make us wary of that whole territory. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z In some respects we are like the physical sciences of the early twentieth century, booming along into new territory, but without an equivalent for the engineering of that time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The territory where that thought led was still too terrible to consider. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Matthias pinned the medal to his habit, telling himself that he might stumble into Captain Snow’s territory at any moment. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Moreover, no fighting ever occurs except in the disputed areas round the Equator and the Pole; no invasion of enemy territory is ever undertaken. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t feel comfortable on someone else’s territory,” X-Ray had said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z In fact, the big males sometimes go out looking for such females and try to take them back into their own territory. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought of blowing 263 again, but instead opened the locker lid and sat down, retreating to the inner sanctum of my territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z When Odysseus came home, disguised as a beggar, Iros thought the new guy was moving in on his territory. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The ditches prevented enemy tanks from entering German territory. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “The Raptor Claw is Double R territory,” the lead rider said. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I’ve sailed these waters for centuries, waylaying any demigods foolish enough to explore the Mare Nostrum. This is 'my territory now. And all you have is mine.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Perks were savagely guarded, even the tiniest territory defended to the death. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z By late fall 1941, they overran the Ukraine and captured much Soviet territory. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They often patrol the boundaries of their territory and may attack chimpanzees of different communities if they meet. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Frightful had been in the territory of two devoted parents who were defending their young against a falcon. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z All of the children wore elaborate costumes representing the various kingdoms of the eastern territories. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Our good old nation was just seven years old as a republic when it became bigger by a small territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z During the day racial tensions rule the streets, at night gunshots are heard from drive-by shootings, and twenty-four hours a day, the gangs and drug dealers control the block, trying to hold down their territory. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was a territory of peace, of silence. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Kainene would laugh and say something like, I didn’t go on vacation, for goodness’ sake, I was cut off in enemy territory. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The point here is to make your animal understand that its upstairs neighbour is exceptionally persnickety about territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mark Antony toured his newly acquired territories to introduce himself as the ruling authority representing Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The site where the British chose to build Jamestown in 1607 was located on Powhatan territory in what the British called the Colony of Virginia. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The German blitzkrieg drove deep into Soviet territory, capturing millions of soldiers and quickly approaching the Soviet capital of Moscow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This whole summer has been this bizarre, new territory for us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “I’m on the main train. This here’s Blackie’s territory,” he says, waving with increasing urgency. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And while I can’t say I know her that well, Jupiter Charity-Sanchez doesn’t seem the type to take kindly to encroachments upon her territory. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I was like a nation of one in the cafeteria with no one to help defend the territory. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Soon we were in the territory of tribes I had never seen. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Lourdes’s walkie-talkie crackles as she works her way along the length of river that forms the western boundary of her territory. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z If a swallow’s territory is in peril...the hawk’s luck might run out. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Farming with what? And how are we going to feed millions of people on the tiny territory we hold now?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She was deep in enemy territory with no allies but a drüskelle who’d thrown her in a cage only a few weeks earlier. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z No one else was competing for this stretch right now, but it was good to mark the territory. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I felt I was an intruder, in a territory that ought to have been hers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z But while I waited it struck me that we’d returned to native bonobo territory. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z As punishment, Germany had to relinquish its territories. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “We’ve already spent too much time going overland. The earth is Gaea’s territory.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I am a military emissary caught in enemy territory masquerading as a civilian. I count as a spy. The Geneva Convention doesn’t protect me.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It seemed to me that we were in dramatic-health-concem territory, but you can’t exactly raise your hand in class and announce that you have to go take off what I had to go take off. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z No fox from our valley would venture past the territory boundary. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Any undergraduate could see that nuclear physics using artificial beams of high-energy protons and helium ions was such a field, and ... he should stake out a territory there to work and grow in.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The Parthians were threatening to take over the entire eastern territory, kingdom by kingdom. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The wind carried Nina farther and farther west, over the front line and into enemy territory. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Under the policy, the Osage reservation would be divvied up into 160-acre parcels, into real estate, with each tribal member receiving one allotment, while the rest of the territory would be opened to settlers. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The soldiers were also conquering the territory, studying the hill in order to fight well on it, he explained. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z The problem with this theory is that you don’t always know when you’re entering quicksand territory, not until it’s too late. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Mayhe that was because my dad had created horses out of sea foam, so the pegasi were sort of... neutral territory. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Like the bluebells in Tomlinson’s haunting essay “The Lost Wood,” they were “expecting no evil” as they reoccupied their familiar territories. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “I can no more tell you what happens to her than I can tell you what becomes of Proust’s Narrator or Holden Caulfield’s sister or Huckleberry Finn after he lights out for the territories.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Its purpose was to officially recognize Cleopatra and the children by title and to grant them territories. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The passage of Prohibition had only compounded the territory’s feeling of lawlessness by encouraging organized crime and creating, in the words of one historian, “the greatest criminal bonanza in American history.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Bring a large stick when going into quicksand territory. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I was aware of stepping over a line, of taking one step into territory new to me. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He needed cooperation and commitment from all of the kingdoms in his territory before taking on the Parthian Empire. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Nazis accorded music considerable esteem, hoping to shape the course of musical history by manipulative policies affecting the production and reception of music across the vast territories they eventually controlled. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z When you were a demigod, that went with the territory. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Parthia and Rome had been engaged in a tug of war for decades as provinces along the eastern border of Rome’s territory changed hands and shifted loyalties. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Sarnie couldn’t understand what I was doing out there, messing around his hunting territory. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He narrowed his eyes and surveyed the territory. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The pressure that such a pool of magma exerts on the crust above has lifted Yellowstone and about three hundred miles of surrounding territory about 1,700 feet higher than they would otherwise be. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Mine was moving into irritated territory, his chair squeaking. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “You weren’t even in my territory, man! Besides, you tossed the pink fake sugar stuff. You only get half a point for that stuff!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z There the pass supposedly would get him through American lines to safety in British-held territory. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I was in Korea 15 months, was rotated and sent back to the states—and was given special recognition as being the first Korean Vet to come back to the territory of Alaska. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But I figure if I spend as much time around her as possible without crossing into creep territory, I’ll eventually win her over. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z It would not be a good idea for me to be outside my territory, sleeping and defenceless on the ground, the one time he decided to go for a midnight stroll. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally, after the enemy aircraft had flown away, Katya landed the damaged Pe-2 in a small field just inside Soviet territory over the front line. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z All winter the Opel roves occupied territories, cities that Jutta recorded in their radio log coming to life—Prague, Minsk, Ljubljana. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The idea for a spy plane that could strike deep into Soviet territory had captured the imaginations of CIA planners since the beginning of the Cold War. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She would need money when she went back into slave territory. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He had set things up so that kings would rule the territories according to their own traditions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The living rest of the turtle I lifted and dropped into Richard Parker’s territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Frightened by the sound of a bird chirping suddenly, he rushed blindly into Mossflower Wood, and pressed on, deeper and deeper into this strange new territory. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But most of the time I walked quietly by, trying not to disturb him, until I got to our shared territory and then to my room, where nobody ever went besides Mabel and me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The open sea was supposed to be his territory. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was the reward promised me by Simon Bass, perhaps it was the thought of having to fend for myself in this unfamiliar territory, perhaps it was both. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z The Fireball is aggressive but more tolerant of its own species than most dragons, sometimes consenting to share its territory with up to two others. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Nixon felt justified, because the Communists were using Cambodian territory to move supplies and stage attacks in South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Having no natural controls in this new territory, they spread prodigiously, eventually occupying about 60 million acres. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Because the runners own their territory, you have to pay them most of the bets you collect, but you get to keep a cut. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was only immortal in the territory where he was reborn—Alaska. But not in Canada. I wish I could kill all the giants by dragging them across the border from Alaska into Canada, but...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In new territory, out of reach of the restraining hand of the natural enemies that kept down its numbers in its native land, an invading plant or animal is able to become enormously abundant. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z That the Penobscot people have lived in the territory that became Maine for eleven thousand years, moving around season to season, following food. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z In hunting he always sized up the territory ahead, he always took into consideration all the factors involved before moving in on his game. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking care of accounts was one territory that Mother conceded to me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be a long trip, longer than any she had ever made, through territory that was strange and new to her, with the known hazard of the Fugitive Slave Law pacing her every footstep. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z This street, Onerfin Avenue, is the line between our territory and the start of Stinger turf. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In effect, Mount Vernon became an enclave within enemy territory, surrounded by neighbors committed to a Virginia-writ-large version of the American republic. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z When Bijan traveled to enemy territory to vanquish the boars, he fell in love with a princess, Manijeh, who was the daughter of his country’s greatest enemy. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Ancient hunter-gatherers usually lived in territories covering many dozens and even hundreds of square miles. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Garden Heights has been a battlefield for the past two months over some stupid territory wars. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z But he had a history of taking over territories he considered German, and he and his ambassadors believed that people of German heritage owed “complete subservience” to their “home country.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She began moving pots and pans around, theatrically, as though she were laying claim to them anew, restaking her territory, now that she was back. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Mom gently pulled me back with a warning that I was in that territory where I would surely mess up my eyesight. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The shrew seemed uncertain for a moment, then she stormed back in her low gruff voice, “I am Guosim, and you still haven’t told me what you want in shrew territory.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z In the treaty that ended the war, France turned over all territory in North America east of the Mississippi River to the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “The messengers tried to catch them before they crossed into the Pecheneg territories, but the cavalry was too fast,” Demyan said. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Cruising the edge of King territory, pumping the volume with the bass on full, looking for Stingers who might be stepping out of line. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He wants this territory, but his display is for the young vixen’s benefit—she will choose a mate this winter. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z A blue- plumed ally from Apollo raced past me like a deer, leaped through the creek, and disappeared into enemy territory. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They usually travelled back and forth across the same home territory, an area of between several dozen and many hundreds of square miles. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But more than a few blocks away, north of the raucous automobile traffic and elevated railway on 86th Street, was a strange unknown territory, off-limits to my wanderings. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The report discussed three possible military applications for fissionable uranium: dropping radioactive materials over enemy territory; generating power for submarines and other oceangoing vessels; and development of a bomb based on U-235. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Wiener has proposed, on intuitive grounds, that defects and misinterpretations in such a communication system may be an unexplored territory for psychiatry. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1784 Jefferson also proposed a bill in the federal Congress prohibiting slavery in all the western territories; it failed to pass by a single vote. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z To the Soviet Union, which had been left out of the Munich Agreement, the rate at which Germany was gobbling up European territory was seriously alarming. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was now doubly dangerous for her to return to slave territory, yet in the spring of 18 51 she went back to Dorchester County. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Much of the southern highlands were “debatable lands” in the border sense of a contested territory without established government or the rule of law. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He’d thought his trip to Alaska had been pretty exotic, but now he was in the heart of the old Roman Empire, enemy territory for a Greek demigod. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She saw a kitchen garden below, planted in neat squares marked off in red brick; a profusion of herbs staked out territory directly below her window. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z What was this strange creature doing in his territory? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Euergetes was now sovereign over a swath of territory nearly as large as Alexander’s. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Something within their territory has frightened them—the intrusion of an enemy, the assault of a dominant animal, a startling noise—and set off a flight reaction. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z These are assumed to be Florida birds, returning to home territory after a summer in the North. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As for the western territories, Wilson was certain that Congress “would never allow slaves in any of the new states.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z First, herds of many species don’t have overlapping home ranges but instead maintain exclusive territories against other herds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the 1783 Treaty of Paris, the Crown ceded to the United States territory from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean, south of the Great Lakes and north of Spanish-occupied Florida. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z The ride is smoother when we get out of factionless territory and into the clean parts of the city. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Our troops have lost all the captured territory in the midwest and the march to Lagos is over. Nigeria now says this is war, no longer a police action.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z In May, she made a triumphant flight on purpose into enemy territory and back. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The room was Matt’s territory and thus tainted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The native territory of the Longhorn has now become the world’s most important dragon reservation, where wizards of all nationalities study a variety of dragons at close range. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But the markings here were strong: the challenger hunted this territory, and the threat in his scent was unmistakable. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z No one bothered them that night, but the next they were discovered by a gang of boys who told them they were in Razorgull territory. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I had now crossed the boundary line of the Black Belt and had entered that territory where jobs were perhaps to be had from white folks. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The topic corresponds to the small territory within the vast web of knowledge into which the incoming sentences should be merged. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z In the Treaty of Greenville, signed in 1795, the nations of the alliance ceded a great deal of their Ohio territory to the US. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z They specified, “This demonstration might be over enemy territory, or in our own country, with subsequent notice to Japan that the materials would be used against the Japanese mainland unless surrender was forthcoming.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Yet Hitler continued to promise peace, even as he planned to unite ethnic Germans and reclaim territory that Germany had lost as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I feel the need to reaffirm all of it, the whole unhappy territory and all the things loved and unlovable in it, for all of it is part of me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z A Dodger steal, a seizure of enemy territory. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Instead, Japan became even more determined to conquer new territory, new sources of raw materials—even if this meant taking on the United States. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z However Richard Parker took possession of the island, the bow and the tarpaulin remained my territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, don’t go north? If we go south, we get deeper and deeper into slave territory. Our only chance for freedom must be in the North!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Many settlers on the borders of Indigenous territories believed that the newly created, professional US military might not support their interests. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z One of the gangs shot up a candy store in the other gang’s territory. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z To try to trap him into saying something revealing, to lead him into dangerous territory? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greek Army, encouraged by the Allied Nations, had invaded western Turkey in 1919, reclaiming the ancient Greek territory in Asia Minor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They overwhelmed the forts at present-day Detroit and Dearborn and drove thousands of squatters from settlements all over Illinois and Indiana territories. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Cora kissed him and ran her hands over the territory of his body. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But when he went to the Afric Queen, he was going into enemy territory. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The net effect is a coordinated mechanism for the regulation of rates of growth and occupations of territory. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He would not have permitted another male in his territory had he been alive. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Rome Divided Instead of launching military campaigns to gain territory, Octavian and Mark Antony focused on attacking one another. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Lilya Litvyak’s greatest fear as a fighter pilot was that her Yak would be shot down over enemy territory and that she’d die there, or that her body wouldn’t be found. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They were going up into some fairly wild territory, and polar bears are always a danger in the Arctic. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, having no more territory to explore, they invented ways to leave their homeland, first on wings and later on rockets, until finally, in July 1969, they touched the face of the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t have much of a routine beyond eating, drinking and sleeping, but there were times when he stirred from his lethargy and rambled about his territory, making noises and being cranky. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z He had spent as much time on land as possible and threw himself into the collecting, making every moment and every step into new territory count. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They were searching for food and a nice place to live since human beings had been taking over their territories and forests. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z But behind us the dogs have started barking, and I can’t tell if they’re pursuing us into the street, or just chasing us from their territory. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Maybe. Falcons and most other birds come back to their old territories year after year,” he said. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Marshall fumbles the kickoff and Permian recovers deep inside Maverick territory at the 37. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On October 21 Dinwiddie received the king’s answer: Order the French to leave British territory. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z For several years those Long Knives had been living in Lakota territory. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The kids on the team heard that the argument had to do with territory and gangs. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Although it was once an Oxscinian territory and still exported blackrock and gunpowder to its former sovereign, it was too small and isolated in the deep south to be of much consequence. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She would continue to oversee all of the territories on behalf of her children, who were still young. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Moral was Amelia’s territory of faithful attendance at Sabbath worship and prayer meeting and Bible study, and she couldn’t ask for consideration on those counts. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The library was so much Granddaddy’s territory that even my parents seldom went in there. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Nor did they ever permit the Achaeans or the Aetolians to expand their territory, despite their merits. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “It’s generally known that you’ve flown only two missions. And that one of those occurred when Aarfy accidentally flew you over enemy territory while navigating you to Naples for a black-market water cooler.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z This was the territory of merchants, of tradesmen, of butchers and tanners and brewsters. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z The rocks could hardly be called land, but we knew they were the beginning of the Hawaiian Islands and we knew that the Hawaiian Islands were a territory belonging to the United States. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Buxton pointed out that the Swiss, who were neutral in the war, would raise a stink at having their territory used this way—well, he said, they’d just have to get over it. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “We lost six men to troll attacks last quarter. Six men. That was belowground, in familiar territory.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It could not have been terribly surprising to Choctaw thinkers that the descendants of one pair should show up in the territory of another. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The invasion, liberation and freedom will come someday; yet England, not the occupied territories, will choose the moment. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He seemed to think territory wars could be settled as they once had been: with a short scuffle and a friendly handshake. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z In these occupied territories, many black youth automatically “assume the position” when a patrol car pulls up, knowing full well that they will be detained and frisked no matter what. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z What soon became known as “Seward’s Folly” would later be seen as a huge asset when silver and gold and oil were discovered in the new territory. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z But around here, we’d all sense we were near territory we didn’t want to enter, and the arguments would fizzle out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The list of defects linked to chromosome disturbances has grown with surprising speed since the opening of this territory, hitherto beyond the boundaries of medical research. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z With a first down inside El Paso territory at the 47, Winchell dropped back to pass. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The defeated men are killed, and their territory may be occupied by the victors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They were the initials of a rubber gatherer, and it marked his territory. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z She started sniffing around, and I was afraid she might mark her territory, but Nico said, “It’s okay. She just smells the way home.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps because they had fallen into that angry silence, they walked quietly enough to come upon One Horn, the magnificent buck deer who had lost half of his antler rack defending his island territory. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Otherwise, retreat to your territory and leave your animal in peace. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In the old days, the kitchen had been her territory. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Anywhere outside pure math, were in the territory of inductive reasoning. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Our rules say that the quarry across the river is not in shrew territory, mouse. Therefore, we cannot go with you!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It either went into my mouth that instant or was lost to Richard Parker, who was pawing and stamping the ground and huffing impatientiy on the edge of his territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The territory around the mill house, at the risk of death, belonged to the owls at night and the falcons by day. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z In their fights over territories, gangs would have breakdancing battles to determine ownership—and that’s why the term battle still exists today. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It promised to restore her lost provinces and ceded territories. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I leaped over the creek into enemy territory. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Orbital flights—which sent the astronaut on one or more ninety-minute circuits around the globe, passing out of visual and radio contact with Mission Control, flying over unfriendly territory—upped the ante by a factor. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The Osage have found new sources of revenue, including from seven casinos that have been built on their territory. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The night suddenly became enemy territory, and I knew that if my brother was lost in this land he was forever lost. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Pointing to Cambodia on the map, he explained that communist forces were using this territory to store supplies and stage attacks in South Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Just one shrill blow and you will see your animal shudder with malaise and repair at top speed to the safest, furthest part of its territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The robust corn in the fields, already two feet high, pointed to an exuberant harvest; with equal force the ruined territory had advertised reckonings to come. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Mobile bands of hunter-gatherers are relatively egalitarian, and their political sphere is confined to the band’s own territory and to shifting alliances with neighboring bands. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z It could mean attack, it could mean parley, it could mean the edge of something, a territory. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The Osage territory, however, had been allotted, and much of the surface land where the murders had occurred, including the slaying of Anna Brown, was no longer under the tribe’s control. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The “essential unity of science,” as he described it, means that “an advance of the horizon of knowledge in any direction uncovers territory of all the sciences.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z When their territory increased, which happened under Carmagnola, the Venetians had a taste of this mistake. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “Ojukwu will have to surrender. This is Nigeria’s final push, and there’s no way Biafra will recover all the lost territory,” the redhead said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z So now the women and men of the 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment moved on to help take back the Smolensk region, where the Germans had held Soviet territory for the past two years. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z They’d held him on the ground so he couldn’t escape and, with his powers weakened from being so far from his home territory, they’d been able to cut him apart. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was time to impose myself and carve out my territory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Jones was a valuable and mysterious secret agent operating along the watery borders between Union and Confederate territory. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “But must you join them in buying from enemy territory?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A house is a compressed territory where our basic needs can be fulfilled close by and safely. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the infantry followed to occupy the territory. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z While unicorns and merpeople are only too happy to stay within the territories designated for their use, dragons will seek any opportunity to set forth in search of prey beyond the reservation borders. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Across the street from it is known territory: Simpsons department store. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z For after their defeat at Vailà, one faction of these cities was immediately emboldened and seized the entire territory from them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Each band of a few dozen hunters occupies a large territory, within which they can acquire most of the resources essential to them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know yet. But my mom’s up in DC this weekend, meaning the house and car are mine. So you’re spending the night in Suso territory.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z King Louis lost Lombardy, therefore, by not following any of the precepts observed by others who seized territories and wished to retain them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The war has been declared, now it’s a fight for power, money, and territory; we are killing each other over race, pride, and respect. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Britain and France finally faced the fact that Germany would continue gobbling up territory until stopped by force. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z As we exit and make our way to the playing field, it becomes pretty apparent that this maybe isn’t friendly territory for a team like ours. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z It was not merely a question of losing Central Africa; for the first time in the whole war, the territory of Oceania itself was menaced. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Our latrine was probably neutral territory, but on the points of bathing and washing we were unenlightened for the longest time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if I had begun the downward spiral into the nightmarish territory of the mad. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z And so we arrived in enemy territory, and they set me down at the enemy’s door. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z "Because Thresh would have never gone down without a fight. He's so strong, I mean, he was. And they were in his territory," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z All of this was territory that the Ptolemies had controlled when they first came to power. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z I worried that in this new condition he might not tolerate another male in his territory, his night territory in particular, especially if his insistent cries went unanswered, as surely they would. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We hated the way our guardians, usually so on top of everything, became so awkward whenever we came near this territory. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The time when Kampuchea was a large empire with territories encompassing part of Thailand, Laos, and what is now South Vietnam. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Success was measured not in territory captured, but in numbers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Not long before Massasoit had expelled foreigners who stayed too long in Wampanoag territory. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The atmosphere around the table had become one of deep embarrassment, and curious as we were to hear more, we wanted most for the talk to get away from this dodgy territory. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I am mostly sure this is my territory, and I hope I will not get transferred. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Francis, who knew this territory better than we did, had said there was an inn nearby but it was hard to believe there was anything habitable for fifty miles around. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But the torches mark Empire territory, and the aux soldiers who get tunnel duty are probably Plebeians, the most lowborn of the Martials. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z This was night, and there was a territory to patrol, there were mice to hunt. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You walk into dangerous territory when you make judgments against a person based on limited interaction.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The gangs already owned the territory—real estate was, in essence, their core business—and they were suitably menacing to keep customers from even thinking about ripping them off. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I do try to smile at everybody—it is one of the only things I know about being undercover in enemy-occupied territory. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Using a new style of attack known as blitzkrieg, German for “lightning war,” Hitler’s planes, tanks, and soldiers slashed deep into Polish territory. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z One fragile musical thread did survive the collapse of Greco-Roman civilisation, given impetus by what seemed at first to be insignificant events in a troublesome frontier territory. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Using this information, it was his task to devise a strategy for flying the bomb over enemy territory, releasing it on target, and getting away before the massive blast killed everyone in the plane. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, when they’d flown back through the storm of antiaircraft fire and enemy fighter planes and were safely over Soviet territory again, Valentin let Klava take over to lead the flight home. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Once Lee crosses and burns the bridge behind him, his escape into North Carolina and the heart of Confederate territory will be complete, and the dreadful war will continue. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “They’re telling me the same stuff. I think...I think this moat must be the border of Night’s territory. If we get across, we should be okay. We’ll have to jump.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z On March 2nd, the Senate passed the Kansas-Ne- braska Bill which repealed the Missouri Compromise restriction and divided the Nebraska Territory into two territories: Kansas and Nebraska. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In return for the Sudetenland, Hitler promised not to demand any more territory. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It was from the eleventh book, when Odysseus, cut off from his friends, finds himself alone and on enemy territory: The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Following this initial voyage, I look forward to returning to my own territory. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “You walk into dangerous territory when you make judgments against a person based on limited interaction.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The Scourge of the East had left his territory around Liccaro for this? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The service trails, of course, are worn, and there are paths slick from the forays of members of one group into the territory of another where it is believed something curious or thrilling lies. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the oldest cities in Siberia, with a population of half a million, Tomsk, and the huge territory around it, had a serious MDR problem. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Annex: “Don’t you remember Goebbels saying that if the Germans have to go, they’ll slam the doors to all the occupied territories behind them?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Maybe they’d been scared, like the rifleman and his friend, not wanting to be out in unfamiliar territory with the boy on the loose. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I shall speak of Louis and not of Charles; and therefore about the one whose progress has been observed better, because he held territory in Italy for a longer period. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “Travel by night and follow the road south. I’ve never been that far, but I hear tell that it goes straight through Georgia Colony to the end of the world—Spanish territory.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “See, the Spanish own this Florida territory, and it be needin’ protection from the English, who they is always fighting with. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Other clubs defended their territory with brutal force. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ben knew he was in familiar terrain now, old territory where the teasing had grooves and furrows of ground that had been plowed before. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I always made sure I was there before him, copiously marking my territory with urine so that he didn’t forget who was who and what was whose. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It said that French troops were in British territory and must leave. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Learning from Fast Mistakes In the past, Rome had appointed its own generals and representatives to rule newly acquired territories. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She didn’t know which tribe had called this territory home, but knew it had been Indian land. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Jewish artists and intellectuals of all kinds fled Nazism, and music by Jews, Communists and Blacks was banned in the Third Reich and its occupied territories. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Separate groups seldom cooperate, and tend to compete for territory and food. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He had just lately begun to inhabit this territory on the edge of the village. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was glad to be back on solid ground, even if it was Gaea’s territory. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Leon Longbridge is the environmental conservation officer. He just happens to be here today. He has a big territory to cover, so he’s usually in the field. You’re lucky.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Over our own territory we could get down quite easily, and over the German lines we felt that it was much better to burn up than to be captured by the Germans.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She stopped in Damascus and traveled through Ituraea to inspect the territories she held in Judea. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z And the trail ran straight through Lakota territory. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z In 1943, the family settled in Monroe, the seat of Union County, Noah’s assigned sales territory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Of the state’s 9,304 square miles of territory, some 85 percent—an area somewhat larger than Wales—is woods, and nearly all the rest is either lakes or above treeline. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He was smaller than Mychal, but he took up more room—Davis’s gangly limbs occupied space like an army holds territory. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The taxes he levied would help him finance future campaigns to expand his territory and increase his power. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z |
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