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be peopled by/with sb
— Phrasal Verb with people /ˈpiːpl/ verbDefinition
literary
› to be filled with a particular kind of person: His novels are peopled with angry young men.
(Definition of be peopled by/with sb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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