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To winning effect, Dumont has peopled his burlesque with nonprofessionals from the region as well as the formidable screen vets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2017

It's commendable that Rodriguez has peopled these "Spy Kids" movies with a diverse cast from a wide swath of society — Cecil even wears hearing aids.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 19, 2011

Penn has peopled it with interesting, unfamiliar faces, and shot it with obviously strong feelings for the landscape and period detail of the 1880s.

From Time Magazine Archive

Slavs have inspired the shrine, a Slav has peopled it with the painted legion of his forbears, Slavs will visit it with sympathy.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is by these accidents the Divine Ruler of the universe has peopled the southern hemisphere.'

From The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause and Consequences by Barrow, John, Sir