inhabit
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The gut microbiome consists of the enormous community of bacteria and other microorganisms that inhabit the digestive system.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Watching “That Thing You Do!” climbing the charts throughout the movie is a peek into an alien musical world, one that was both more regional and more monocultural than the one we inhabit today.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
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
That translates into belonging in different spaces where I could have been uncomfortable in before, so it’s a great time to inhabit these characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
He doesn’t want to inhabit an anonymous room.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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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
That is why, in his eighth decade, McKechnie remains a master of the relentless world he inhabits.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2026
It originated in Borneo, where it inhabits dense jungle.
From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling
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The land the tribe inhabited before being evicted is now divided among ranchers, government agencies and a conservation nonprofit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Its enormous body and unusual evolutionary history offer a glimpse into a time when giant snakes inhabited the warm, tropical landscapes of ancient India.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
Continuously inhabited for the last quarter-century, the aging ISS is scheduled to be pushed out of orbit before crashing into one of Earth's oceans sometime around 2030.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 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 universe went on into infinity, dotted with innumerable worlds, each inhabited by mysterious creatures.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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As a child in North London, growing up with a Jamaican-Guyanese mother and an English father, she was drawn to performance in part because she was freed from her introversion when inhabiting a role.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
"He was inhabiting the music through his whole body."
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The fossils indicate that the birds inhabiting New Zealand a million years ago were substantially different from those present when people eventually arrived.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 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
Human beings, born ultimately of the stars and now for a while inhabiting a world called Earth, have begun their long voyage home.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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