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Noun
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At the commissioner’s court meeting, area residents universally condemned the idea, variously calling it a Trojan horse, a foothold, a wasp’s nest, and a bribe.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026 -
In the same time frame, inner-ring suburbs have lost residents.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 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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Police are looking to speak with occupants of a black Nissan registered in Topeka.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
10 May 2026
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Other occupants identified, prior deportations noted A passenger was detained on an immigration hold, while a third occupant fled and has not been located.—
Doug Myers,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Government planes carrying Spanish and French nationals landed in Madrid and Paris on Sunday afternoon, where the passengers were transported to a hospital, according to the two countries' governments.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Dutch nationals are expected to be isolated at home for six weeks, while foreign passengers remaining in the Netherlands will be quarantined by municipal health authorities.—
Tiago Ventura,
Time,
11 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
Noun
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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 17 May. 2026.
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