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But his smiling at Black people on the street felt false and condescending, rooted in a wish to be accepted into this neighborhood of elegant brownstones and a quick subway line to Manhattan, while also cohabiting with Ulla, who was essential to his self-respect.
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Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
The rest of the town of Seabrook had also become comfortable cohabiting with humans, zombies and werewolves after years of Zed and Addison trying to find peace.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 9 May 2025
That’s because those cohabiting birds are the protagonists of a deceptively simple mathematical theorem called the pigeonhole principle.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Watching the two of them on screen together, still cohabiting despite the impending split, is peak secondhand discomfort.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 31 Mar. 2025
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Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025
The rest of the town of Seabrook had also become comfortable cohabiting with humans, zombies and werewolves after years of Zed and Addison trying to find peace.
—Caroline Blair, People.com, 9 May 2025
That’s because those cohabiting birds are the protagonists of a deceptively simple mathematical theorem called the pigeonhole principle.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
Watching the two of them on screen together, still cohabiting despite the impending split, is peak secondhand discomfort.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 31 Mar. 2025
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Monroe, who was living with a friend of her mother's at the time, reportedly wed her then-boyfriend to avoid going into foster care, Dougherty told UPI in February 1990.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Gap UltraSoft Denim Swing Chore Jacket The ultimate fall jacket lives somewhere between a barn coat and classic denim, and the Gap UltraSoft Denim Swing Chore Jacket hits that sweet spot.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Nov. 2025
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Or the more than 70 endangered and threatened species that reside within the watershed.—
Amy Green,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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Structure information summary Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are highly resistant to earthquake shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Cohabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabit. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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