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Recent Examples of flophouse
When Abercrombie does offer up interiors, they’re sparsely furnished and dingy, like rooms in a flophouse.
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Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
One regular, Milt, lived in the Whitehouse Hotel, a flophouse around the corner.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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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Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
One regular, Milt, lived in the Whitehouse Hotel, a flophouse around the corner.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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
Noun
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When prisoners complained, they were moved to the gymnasium, which had been converted into dormitory-style housing.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
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Matron’s flat was just off the main dormitory wing.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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Cornett appears to be the victim of a vicious and false internet rumor that resulted in her being overwhelmed with harassing texts and voice mails, barely able to leave her dorm room, having to switch to online classes, and getting her family house Swatted.—
Nicole Kraft,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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In the run-up to evening events, the hotel’s long hallways had the vibe of a college dorm, with barefoot teens pattering from room to room.—
Dionne Searcey,
New York Times,
25 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 22 Apr. 2025.
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