Inhabitants
Locals and inhabitants are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Locals" instead a noun "Inhabitants".
Locals
Both words in one sentence
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When the locals attempt to burn her for a witch, she unleashes Lasher on them, who wrecks the town and kills the inhabitants.
Source: Burn the Witch! -
Humans Are Cthulhu / Humans Through Alien Eyes : Humans are initially seen as demons (the title refers to them) by the native inhabitants since they move faster than any local species and their jointed limbs allow them to use hand-thrown projectiles—something which the tentacled locals cannot do.
Source: Literature / Mother of Demons
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