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inhabit

verb as in take up residence in

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Although it serves the practical and philosophical purposes of the story, Chad, who comes off as a sweet idiot, doesn’t make sense as a person Russ would imagine or inhabit.

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The world of low-level gamblers is evocatively drawn and Anderson displays an unexpected tenderness to those who inhabit it.

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Hirta is inhabited but only on a temporary basis by visiting NTS workers, scientists and also contractors who work at small Ministry of Defence site.

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But the actors inhabit their roles with commitment, so that even the bad company is good company.

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Officials had expected it would take the floodwater two hours to reach inhabited areas downstream and only people living near the river would be affected.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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