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In South Africa, for example, the share of children born to cohabiting parents doubled from nine to 18 percent between 1996 and 2011.
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W. Bradford Wilcox, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2017
In Mexico, for instance, the share of children born to cohabiting parents rose from 17 percent in 1990 to 38 percent in 2010.
—W. Bradford Wilcox, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2017
Adapted from Peter Brown’s illustrated book, the story follows robot Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) who winds up on a remote island and learns to cohabit with animals and adopts an orphan gosling.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
In fact, a study by Italian scientists published in 2020 in the journal PLOS ONE found that the two can easily cohabit without much conflict.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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W. Bradford Wilcox, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2017
In Mexico, for instance, the share of children born to cohabiting parents rose from 17 percent in 1990 to 38 percent in 2010.
—W. Bradford Wilcox, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2017
Adapted from Peter Brown’s illustrated book, the story follows robot Roz (Lupita Nyong’o) who winds up on a remote island and learns to cohabit with animals and adopts an orphan gosling.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
In fact, a study by Italian scientists published in 2020 in the journal PLOS ONE found that the two can easily cohabit without much conflict.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
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Although President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign said his administration would focus primarily on violent criminals living illegally in the United States, ICE agents have also been targeting foreign college students and other people who lack any history of violent crime.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
15 May 2025
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With the support of UNICEF USA through the support provided by its donors, like Eli Lilly and Company, UNICEF is strengthening health systems across Zimbabwe and in several other low- and middle-income countries to give kids like Kelly the best chance to live happy and healthy lives.—
Cynthia Tully,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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The pope’s grandparents resided in New Orleans’ Seventh Ward, an historically Black neighborhood, before moving to Chicago, Honora said.—
Nicholas Reimann,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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More than 5 million American households use some form of federal rental assistance, with 560,000 of those residing in California, according to estimates from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
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“Cohabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabit. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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