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Noun
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Most of the residents of the Hamad Building had lived there for decades.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026 -
Many residents urged council members to reject a pause and approve a permanent ban instead.—
Drew Aunkst,
CBS News,
20 May 2026
Noun
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The Allende little ones introduced Middleton to the park’s inhabitants—turtles, ducks, frogs—and took her to see the pond.—
Stefania Saltalamacchia,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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Before pushing off from the beach, guides explain the deep spiritual connection the kamaʻāina (native born) have with the ocean and its inhabitants.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Set across decades at a lakeside property in Brandenburg, the film follows successive inhabitants through the Nazi era, East Germany and reunification, tracing how political systems reshape ordinary lives whether their occupants acknowledge it or not.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Other occupants who were inside the residence at the time appeared to be unharmed, Shanks said in a news release.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
16 May 2026
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Five Italian nationals, including a mother and her daughter, died while scuba diving in the deep underwater cave in the Maldives, according to Italian and Maldivian officials.—
Clark Bentson,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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Two American nationals were arrested Sunday in Japan after one of them entered the monkey enclosure at a zoo where a baby macaque named Punch became a global internet sensation earlier this year, police said Monday.—
Frank Andrews,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Noun
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Amazon and Walmart are not the only companies that see potential demand from former city dwellers who grew accustomed to having groceries, clothes and other products brought to their doors quickly.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Dahlia, a disillusioned police aide, breaks into the mansion of the corrupt police chief Bernal and steals the money from his safe, unloading the funds to slum dwellers whose settlement Bernal razed down.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
Noun
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In Les habitants, Depardon outfits a camper-trailer with mics and cameras and hits the French highways, parking in various locations around the country and inviting a range of people—teenagers and the elderly, single people and couples, parents and children—inside simply to talk.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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More Afghan natives live in western and northern Arden Arcade, than in any other ZIP code in America, according to previous Sacramento Bee reporting.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
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The logic of settler-colonialism is the elimination of the natives in order to take over the land and its resources.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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“Cliff dwellers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cliff%20dwellers. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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