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Watching the two of them on screen together, still cohabiting despite the impending split, is peak secondhand discomfort.
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 31 Mar. 2025
In South Africa, for example, the share of children born to cohabiting parents doubled from nine to 18 percent between 1996 and 2011.
—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
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 31 Mar. 2025
In South Africa, for example, the share of children born to cohabiting parents doubled from nine to 18 percent between 1996 and 2011.
—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
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The living rooftops, native plant landscaping, and detention pond for water runoff all support biodiversity and erosion control, while minimizing environmental impact.—
Kristin Braswell,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2025
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Israeli forces have rescued eight living hostages and recovered dozens of bodies.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
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At the welcome center, the art and artifacts will reside in a research unit that was backed by a half-million-dollar grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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The Pinta family, formerly of Buffalo Grove, now resides in Prairie View.—
Karie Angell Luc,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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“Cohabit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabit. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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