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Recent Examples of cohabitant
The allegations were among a long list of charges against the career firefighter, including special allegations of multiple murders, murder to prevent testimony, intentional discharge of a firearm causing great bodily injury and corporal injury to a cohabitant.
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Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 Mar. 2026
The actor turned businessman, who filed for divorce from Richards in July, is facing four criminal charges by the State of California — two counts of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend or child's parent; and two counts of dissuading a witness by force or threat.
—Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 Mar. 2026
The actor turned businessman, who filed for divorce from Richards in July, is facing four criminal charges by the State of California — two counts of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiancé, boyfriend, girlfriend or child's parent; and two counts of dissuading a witness by force or threat.
—Sean Mandell, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cohabitant
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Just last week, during the No Kings rally at the Boston Common, Campbell directly asked state residents to utilize the portal in order for her office to carry out prosecutions of federal agents.—
Tim Dunn,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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What Alkassar, who lives on South Beach, does hope to do is lure not only Miami Beach residents and tourists but locals who have in recent times proved reluctant to cross the bridges from the mainland.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Despite the geopolitical and financial constraints, the sea-level canal studies employed hundreds of researchers who increased knowledge of the isthmus and its human and nonhuman inhabitants.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2026
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Another of these production facilities is Site 931, which expanded into Baitu village, prompting the evictions of its inhabitants.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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The chase continued for several minutes until Judon crashed into a Ford sedan near the intersection of Garey Avenue and County Road, killing both of the vehicle's occupants.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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The state attorney general’s job was open in 2010 because the then-occupant, Bill McCollum, was leaving to run for governor.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2026
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Arrizurieta said the area’s current problems stem from rising rents and the type of tenants that can afford to take up shop in the area — mainly, banks and other national powerhouses.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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The blank walls stared at her, vacant pinholes made by previous tenants peering down like dark, shrunken pupils.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
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But, mostly, city dwellers are deprived of the true glories of the season.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The clash between the democratic socialist mayor and the moderate Democrat Council speaker comes as city dwellers await the passage of the state budget, which has a large bearing on the city’s fiscal situation this year.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2026
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The country was a communication desert, with a tele-density (a key metric of economic development) languishing at 0.4 lines per 100 habitants.—
Kamal Ahmed,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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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
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“Cohabitant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cohabitant. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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