inhabit
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While they may inhabit a different world than the rest of us in other respects, they live and die along with the rest of the investment world when it comes to investing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Seventeen other penguin species live across the Southern Hemisphere, and many inhabit isolated islands that are difficult for scientists to reach and study.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Mallory decides she can inhabit the world of a down-and-out gay addict.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
I explained why younger people may actually adapt to AI more effectively than adults because they already inhabit worlds saturated with information, filtering and digital manipulation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
There are so many unsaid things between us—so many reasons we can only be something like father and daughter, but never fully inhabit our roles.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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One occurs mainly in China, while the other inhabits the Himalayan foothills across parts of Nepal, India, Bhutan, and Myanmar.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
But Seemiller argues that’s no longer the landscape Gen Z inhabits.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
No story is truly finished until the last reader inhabits it because we all put our unique imprimatur on any novel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
The cerebral Cady that Bardem inhabits spent nearly two decades in prison convicted for his wife’s murder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
The frugal Mrs. Platt, if she still inhabits her sallow rooms, will not be displeased.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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Continuously inhabited for the last quarter-century, the aging ISS is scheduled to be pushed out of Earth's orbit before crashing into one of Earth's oceans sometime around 2030.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
From 1948 to 1974, as gatekeeper at Airlie Gardens, Evans inhabited a neoclassical Eden where, locally celebrated, she made and sold her work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
The work forms part of a broader investigation into the early history of modern reptile groups and the diversity of reptiles that inhabited Triassic seas.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
The area where it wants to walk is largely Catholic, and predominantly inhabited by pro-Irish nationalists.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
The braids earned Prince some respect among his peers at school; girls liked them, and they hinted at gang affiliation, or at least comfort with a dangerous realm inhabited by many of his American peers.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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"He was inhabiting the music through his whole body."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Many of the news stories highlighted the threat to the unique plants and animals inhabiting the island off the coast of Santa Barbara, from plucky, pint-sized foxes to the rarest pine trees in North America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
When the nefarious Pilkington Industries repossesses Manor Farm after a failure to make payments, the animals inhabiting the stead are nearly trucked off to their demise.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
One posits the existence of billions of universes, arguing that happenstance alone accounts for the improbability of our inhabiting this one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
I couldn’t travel with an alien organism inhabiting my face.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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