: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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Jason Sessoms initially told police that a man had entered the motel room and killed his parents, according to court documents..
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
On March 31, 1995, Yolanda Saldivar fatally wounded the rising singer with a bullet from a .38-caliber revolver at a Days Inn motel room in Corpus Christi, Texas.
—Justino Aguila, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Police believe Perez was a small-time drug dealer who sold mostly weed and some MDMA, more commonly referred to as Molly, from his motel room.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
Utah resident Gary Gilmore was the first to be executed following this brief moratorium after murdering a gas-station employee and a motel manager in 1976.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
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Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 1 Apr. 2025
On March 31, 1995, Yolanda Saldivar fatally wounded the rising singer with a bullet from a .38-caliber revolver at a Days Inn motel room in Corpus Christi, Texas.
—Justino Aguila, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2025
Police believe Perez was a small-time drug dealer who sold mostly weed and some MDMA, more commonly referred to as Molly, from his motel room.
—Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
Utah resident Gary Gilmore was the first to be executed following this brief moratorium after murdering a gas-station employee and a motel manager in 1976.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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motel
noun
mo·tel
mō-ˈtel 
: a building or group of buildings which provide lodgings and in which the rooms are usually reached directly from an outdoor parking lot
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