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Recent Examples of fleabag
Hiding out from capture in a ramshackle fleabag hotel somewhere south of the U.S. border, Eddie and Venom banter about the nature of the universe, with Venom teasing that no human could handle the mutliversal realities alien symbiotes have experienced in their lifetimes.
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Adam B. Vary, Variety, 2 Oct. 2021
The Berkeley Inn, known to Geyer’s generation as a fleabag hotel, once stood on the parcel of land.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
The idea was that after years as the most famous and majestic fleabag in Manhattan, the Chelsea was going to be made over into a boutique hotel, one that would draw on its layers of legend.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 July 2022
The women have criticized the league for putting them up in fleabag motels — literally.
—Mark Goodman, The Denver Post, 12 July 2019
That meant—and here something of a mythical fog descends—living in Washington Square Park and fleabag hotels, and rotating through the sofas and beds of various friends and lovers.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018
The movie is a glimpse into the daily lives of two little girls and a boy — Moonee, Jancey, and Scooty — living in two adjacent fleabag motels in Orlando that amount to bottom feeders in the tourism ecosystem.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 5 Oct. 2017
Downtown is rife with greasy diners, fleabag hotels and steamy dive bars.
—Karen Schoemer, New York Times, 30 May 2017
Why did Schwartz, the most promising poet of his generation, end up dying at the age of 52 in a fleabag hotel in Midtown Manhattan?
—James Atlas, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2017
Adam B. Vary, Variety, 2 Oct. 2021
The Berkeley Inn, known to Geyer’s generation as a fleabag hotel, once stood on the parcel of land.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
The idea was that after years as the most famous and majestic fleabag in Manhattan, the Chelsea was going to be made over into a boutique hotel, one that would draw on its layers of legend.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 July 2022
The women have criticized the league for putting them up in fleabag motels — literally.
—Mark Goodman, The Denver Post, 12 July 2019
That meant—and here something of a mythical fog descends—living in Washington Square Park and fleabag hotels, and rotating through the sofas and beds of various friends and lovers.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018
The movie is a glimpse into the daily lives of two little girls and a boy — Moonee, Jancey, and Scooty — living in two adjacent fleabag motels in Orlando that amount to bottom feeders in the tourism ecosystem.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 5 Oct. 2017
Downtown is rife with greasy diners, fleabag hotels and steamy dive bars.
—Karen Schoemer, New York Times, 30 May 2017
Why did Schwartz, the most promising poet of his generation, end up dying at the age of 52 in a fleabag hotel in Midtown Manhattan?
—James Atlas, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fleabag
Noun
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Voodoo is the least of what’s been going on in the flophouses.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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The film follows 12-year-old Mikal, who shares a small room in a cheap hotel, commonly known as a flophouse, with his parents and their cat, Smokey.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2025
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True enough, perhaps, but Isabel was not pleased on finding herself in the company of boardinghouse people.—
Charles Portis,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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..—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2025
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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
Noun
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There is also a Real Madrid soccer academy, so teenagers who are learning to play either soccer or basketball and are not from Madrid all live together in the same dormitory.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2025
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In the 1960s, the city of Athens, Georgia, used eminent domain to build dormitories for the University of Georgia.—
Elsa Noterman,
The Conversation,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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According to the outlet, the agony caused Cornett to remove her name outside her dorm room, temporarily relocate to emergency housing, switch to online classes and continue to spend most of her time in her room.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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The two dorms that make up Mahoney-Pearson were built in the late 1950s and early 1960s and each house about 700 students, according to UM.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Fleabag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleabag. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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