Abound
Abound verb - To be copiously supplied.
Exist
Exist verb - To have life.
Common collocations
| place | abound place | exist place |
Both words in one sentence
- It's set in a world where all the gods and creatures from mythology exist, and as anyone who's read their mythology can tell you, that means horrible deaths and fates worse than death abound.
- He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas!
Source: Yes Virginia - Urban Legends abound that the latter verses are Canon Discontinuity due to being anti-Scottish; these are largely bogus - the anti-Scottish verse did exist but was largely just a piece of propaganda and had fallen out of use long before the song was adopted as the official national anthem.
Source: Second Verse Curse
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