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Had I not just cohabited with “Ulysses” for the last month, I no doubt would have spent the intermission reading chapter summaries on my phone to get a deeper understanding of the story.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2025

When Modi was thirteen, his parents arranged for him to marry a local girl, but they cohabited only briefly, and he did not publicly acknowledge the relationship for many years.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2019

In a society where female employment options were drastically limited, poor women separated from their husbands or otherwise unable to marry often cohabited with men as a matter of economic necessity.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2019

Everything I’ve tried has cohabited amicably with Mr. Park’s food.

From New York Times • May 9, 2017

So he cohabited with the Princess a while of time, after which the life-term of the Sultan drew near, and he fell sick of a sickness whereof he died.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir