inhabit
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Mallory decides she can inhabit the world of a down-and-out gay addict.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
The novel introduces us to twin sisters who play, and come to deeply inhabit, the roles of a single girl’s body and soul during Victorian-era séances staged by their parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Actors, musicians and performers train to inhabit perspectives not their own, to remain present through discomfort, and to sustain attention across time.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
At this rainforest-like indoor farm, where creatures such as coral, tropical fish and sea cucumbers inhabit different aquariums, Kinjo bred "miracle coral" with extra resistance to warmer water.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
It would be a perfect moment to freeze in time and make into a little diorama that I could inhabit for an eternity.
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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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
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
This is one smart, encompassing album about the world this talented singer-songwriter inhabits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
An animal inhabits its space, whether in a zoo or in the wild, in the same way chess pieces move about a chessboard—significantly.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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He insisted the targeted building was inhabited by "peaceful people with no connection to anyone".
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
“Insidious” once seemed energized by its exploration of a land inhabited by the luckless dead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Mosasaurs were large marine reptiles that inhabited oceans around the world during the Late Cretaceous, approximately 98 to 66 million years ago.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Jansen loves the elaborate Greek ferry system that connects most of the country’s inhabited islands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Other parts were gritty with sand, or were tangled in seaweed, or were inhabited by small, scuttling creatures.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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Exercises often pushed students into strange scenarios or premises: embodying an object, exploring a feeling or inhabiting a logic to find more instinctive, present performances.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"He was inhabiting the music through his whole body."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Studies have even shown that inhabiting a character increases one’s ability to see from others’ perspectives.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 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
There were six people and a Scotch terrier inhabiting the remote farmhouse Major Major called home, and five of them and the Scotch terrier turned out to be agents for the F.B.I.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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