Example Sentences

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Karachi has several Bengali neighbourhoods, mainly slums, which residents say have housed Bengalis since before East Pakistan became Bangladesh.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Kirkpatrick described vermin infestations and decay at the offices that have housed New Orleans police since 1968, saying officers have even found rat droppings on their desks.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2024

At its peak, the settlement, which is now largely crop fields, would have housed about 2,000 people, according to the study.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023

As part of her series “The Way of Life,” in 2015 Amanda Iheme began photographing the Casa de Fernandez, one of the colonial-era buildings reported to have housed slaves in the 1840s.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023

A single exhibit hall had enough interior volume to have housed the U.S.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson