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Recent Examples of flophouse
There aren’t any flophouses in her this-year’s-hometown of Arlington.
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
The only thing the teachers are looking for in their new towns are… no flophouses.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
The first night at the flophouse, Barbosa slept on the floor.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
When Elwood retrieves Jake from Joliet Prison at the start of the film, their eventual destination is a flophouse apartment in the Loop, a downtown space defined by L tracks.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
The only thing the teachers are looking for in their new towns are… no flophouses.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2024
The first night at the flophouse, Barbosa slept on the floor.
—Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
When Elwood retrieves Jake from Joliet Prison at the start of the film, their eventual destination is a flophouse apartment in the Loop, a downtown space defined by L tracks.
—Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flophouse
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
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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
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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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Supporters of Galloway’s bill argued that the city’s enforcement of its ban has been lax, forcing residents and business owners near encampments to confront people experiencing mental illness, using drugs or making customers feel unsafe.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Apr. 2025
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Among the most high profile arrests is green card holder Mahmoud Khalil, the lead negotiator of the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University last spring who graduated in December.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouse. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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