as in haunting
to go to or spend time in often
the sort of lounge lizard known to habituate bars and nightclubs
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But there’s something else haunting him, fueling his creativity.—
Henry Selick,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025 -
The effect on Lady Bird — and the rest of the nation — was haunting.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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However, his biggest strength as a pageant coach doesn’t come from nearly 40 years of civil litigation and frequenting courthouses.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Financial sacrifices, dilemmas loom Norfolk military families said the shutdown had heightened the stakes of their financial choices, from comparison-shopping for the cheapest toilet paper to frequenting Costco to buy in bulk.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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One was visiting Ramallah and going through the checkpoint in Qalandia into Jerusalem.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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This appeal to nuance is perhaps a vestige of Tebow’s years visiting the Philippines, his birthplace, with his parents.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
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One issue that’s affecting Brazil’s immunization campaign as a whole is a lack of vaccine supply.—
Adriana Brasileiro,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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With the rapid growth of AI in recent years affecting virtually all walks of life, Obernolte has become an unofficial and bipartisan tutor to less tech-savvy House colleagues on the technology.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Habituating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/habituating. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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