inhabit
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By the early 2020s, an estimated 50,000 people lived here, external, having made a neighbourhood out of a place they had little choice but to inhabit.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Instead, the scientists want to understand how different foods influence the gut microbiome, the enormous community of trillions of bacteria that inhabit the digestive system.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
All eight pieces inhabit a sound world born of the duo’s unusual approach to the piano.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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
The grand scheme didn’t last long because the pay was too little, but for P.J. this was a brief introduction to a world he would one day inhabit.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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“It’s really thrilling to see the way he inhabits this stuff onstage,” he adds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Ms. Cline inhabits his thoughts in close third-person and though she writes in the past tense, her narration evokes an intimate, sometimes smothering feeling of presentness—of being confined within David’s immediate consciousness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
It reflects nothing of the person who inhabits it.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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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
F1 president Stefano Domenicali said the new contract was "a landmark moment for F1", which would mean the sport was racing "on every inhabited continent".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
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
These were all, as far as Nhamo knew, that inhabited her island.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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"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
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
Then, the foul thing inhabiting my stomach begins to dig its way out.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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