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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of co-exist.

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Examples

  • Lions were once the most widely distributed mammal in the world, and jaguars, tigers and leopards have co-existed with people in Asia, Africa and tropical America.

    Maneaters most likely to strike after full moon 2011

  • Attitude change Czarist Russia largely co-existed with the Tibetan Buddhist faith of the Mongolian peoples it conquered in Central Asia.

    Buddhism Rebounds in Russia 2011

  • For time untold the rec's and comm'l fishermen have co-existed, not always harmoniously, but they have managed thus far.

    Should MA Make Striped Bass A Protected Game Fish? 2010

  • Attitude change Czarist Russia largely co-existed with the Tibetan Buddhist faith of the Mongolian peoples it conquered in Central Asia.

    Buddhism Rebounds in Russia 2011

  • As a result, I ended up telling two stories in the course of the novel – one that dealt with the modern-day treasure hunters and a second about the people who lived in St. Paul during this period and how they co-existed with these celebrity bandits.

    REGIONAL MYSTERIES AND THRILLERS 2009

  • For time untold the rec's and comm'l fishermen have co-existed, not always harmoniously, but they have managed thus far.

    Should MA Make Striped Bass A Protected Game Fish? 2010

  • He will receive slightly more than $2m, something he takes very much in his stride "his pleasure co-existed peacefully with his disapproval".

    At Last by Edward St Aubyn – review 2011

  • But if it was, I'll say it again: The DNA code and the ribosome decoders have always co-existed as a system (so far as is known.)

    Attached to Strings 2009

  • It's a statement that subtly suggest the community's general scepticism in science, and Broomfield unearths compelling stuff about the role Palin's religious zeal may play in her politics and confidence; the local pastor suggests Palin believes she's a chosen one – and that humans and dinosaurs once co-existed.

    Sarah Palin: You Betcha! at Toronto film festival – review 2011

  • Attitude change Czarist Russia largely co-existed with the Tibetan Buddhist faith of the Mongolian peoples it conquered in Central Asia.

    Buddhism Rebounds in Russia 2011

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