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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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One regular, Milt, lived in the Whitehouse Hotel, a flophouse around the corner.—
Zach Helfand,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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There aren’t any flophouses in her this-year’s-hometown of Arlington.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2024
Noun
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According to Flavor Insider, a food and cooking website, the New York strip got its name from New York City butchers in the 19th century and was initially considered one of the less desirable cuts of beef, meaning it was frequently sold to boardinghouses and restaurants to go in stews.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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The locals didn’t always welcome Trump’s plans—a woman who owned a boardinghouse near one site would not sell, sparking a feud.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes,
8 Feb. 2025
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The five people initially suspected in connection with Nordquist's death were arrested the same day after police searched the Patty’s Lodge motel in Canandaigua, the last place Nordquist was known to be staying.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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Those motels, the Rodeway Inn and Flamingo, are in the area of the Grand Gateway Master Plan.—
Theresa Clift,
Sacramento Bee,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The incident, which took place in the Ulysses S. Jones Hall dormitory, left at least one person injured and taken to the hospital, according to ABC affiliate WBRZ.—
T. Michelle Murphy,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2025
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Two new dormitories, with 292 beds total, and a dining hall opened this month.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Jan. 2025
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Rooms have been turned into separate dorms for men and women and children.—
Julia Frankel,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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The agency demolished a dorm at McMurdo years ago, and still hasn’t rebuilt it.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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