dweller
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A Tehran dweller in his 70s said he had been shocked by the price of plastic products.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
One of the earliest known primates was Teilhardina, a tiny tree dweller weighing just 28 grams – similar to the smallest primate alive today, Madame Berthae’s mouse lemur.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 20, 2026
I am also a city dweller who has thoroughly enjoyed not owning or maintaining a vehicle for the last decade.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026
The author of “Beautiful Ruins” and “The Cold Millions” deploys wry yet empathetic humor to create Rhys Kinnick, onetime journalist and current cabin dweller, who loathes the internet-obsessed world.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
But the world of sons has changed; it’s more likely to be the boys now with that baffled look, like a night dweller gone blind in sunlight.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
It’s seen as particularly beneficial for apartment dwellers and renters and would provide users with a relatively inexpensive way to lower their electrical bills by generating some of their own electricity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Retourne pointed to a growth in private car ownership as well as rapid urbanisation, with 200 million additional city dwellers over the past decade.
From Barron's ● May 31, 2026
Fen Cottage at Wicken Fen, in Cambridgeshire, was built in roughly 1700 and is one of the last surviving homes of the ancient fen dwellers.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
And yet, most city dwellers would rather bloom where they’re planted.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
Secondly, when climate change causes mass extinctions, sea creatures are usually hit as hard as land dwellers.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
