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one who lives permanently in a place
the inhabitants of the town don't like the tourists
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Other island inhabitants are voiced by Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy and Mark Hamill.
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Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
And with its rugged natural setting, placed somewhere vaguely in the Pacific Northwest, The Wild Robot does not shy from the circle-of-life sequences in which the island’s furry inhabitants are at odds with (and sometimes ingest) one another.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
Facing the consequences of their decision and tormented by guilt, the inhabitants wrestle with a mounting sense of dread and begin to believe they are all being punished for their choices.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
The people of Tamil Nadu are mostly ethnic Tamils, and many see themselves as the original inhabitants of a region that has faced discrimination from the north.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
These Ice Age inhabitants of Europe and parts of Asia were skilled hunters, toolmakers, and caregivers.
—Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
After 1099, when Christian armies conquered Jerusalem in the First Crusade and massacred the city’s Muslim and Jewish inhabitants, some 50,000 Jews reportedly fled to Damascus, making up nearly a third of residents.
—Bassem Mroue, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Dec. 2024
With steep cliffs and scant tree cover, the mountainous and windswept terrain might seem hostile to the tiny, shell-toting inhabitants there, but nature’s challenges are nothing compared to the threats that humans have introduced.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
For the holiday season, Skeleton Crew, featuring four kids trying to get back to their home planet and encountering the typical inhabitants of the Star Wars universe, appears to have been more successful for being less ambitious.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
And with its rugged natural setting, placed somewhere vaguely in the Pacific Northwest, The Wild Robot does not shy from the circle-of-life sequences in which the island’s furry inhabitants are at odds with (and sometimes ingest) one another.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
Facing the consequences of their decision and tormented by guilt, the inhabitants wrestle with a mounting sense of dread and begin to believe they are all being punished for their choices.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
The people of Tamil Nadu are mostly ethnic Tamils, and many see themselves as the original inhabitants of a region that has faced discrimination from the north.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
These Ice Age inhabitants of Europe and parts of Asia were skilled hunters, toolmakers, and caregivers.
—Anna Nordseth, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
After 1099, when Christian armies conquered Jerusalem in the First Crusade and massacred the city’s Muslim and Jewish inhabitants, some 50,000 Jews reportedly fled to Damascus, making up nearly a third of residents.
—Bassem Mroue, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Dec. 2024
With steep cliffs and scant tree cover, the mountainous and windswept terrain might seem hostile to the tiny, shell-toting inhabitants there, but nature’s challenges are nothing compared to the threats that humans have introduced.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
For the holiday season, Skeleton Crew, featuring four kids trying to get back to their home planet and encountering the typical inhabitants of the Star Wars universe, appears to have been more successful for being less ambitious.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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