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By acquiring the names of all the other lords in his weed-farm network through some poor aristo whose estate has been turned into a flophouse for low-level gangsters after a dispute with the Glasses, Eddie can take this vital intel to Johnston and take away the Glasses’ leverage of secrecy.
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Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
After Chili's twin sister, Jellybean, was found dead in a Kansas City flophouse, Chili began a downward spiral and was eventually caught drinking on the job by Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer).
—Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
The setting of McPherson’s play is a flophouse in Depression-era Duluth, Minn., the port city where Dylan was born in 1941.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Opened two years ago from what essentially was a snowboarder flophouse, Basecamp has now expanded, buying and razing another rundown motor court, adding 24 rooms (74 in all), meeting spaces and a hot tub large enough for the entire Swedish ski team to take a soak.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
After Chili's twin sister, Jellybean, was found dead in a Kansas City flophouse, Chili began a downward spiral and was eventually caught drinking on the job by Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer).
—Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
The setting of McPherson’s play is a flophouse in Depression-era Duluth, Minn., the port city where Dylan was born in 1941.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Opened two years ago from what essentially was a snowboarder flophouse, Basecamp has now expanded, buying and razing another rundown motor court, adding 24 rooms (74 in all), meeting spaces and a hot tub large enough for the entire Swedish ski team to take a soak.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flophouse
Noun
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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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At the boardinghouse, proprietress Fräulein Schneider and her Jewish tenant, Herr Schultz, who owns a fruit store, begin a serious romance with plans to marry.—
Oline Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2024
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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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By working on a sequel, 1047 Games has been able to build a more impactful experience than their first attempt, while remaining true to the dorm room experimentation that initially became their vision.—
Echo Apsey,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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Musk mandate: If a freshman engineering major can survive dorm life and still ace a midterm calculus exam, your quarterback shouldn’t need turn-down service and a pillow mint at the local Marriott to beat Mercyhurst on homecoming.—
Mike Bianchi,
Orlando Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2025
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Five or six hundred people lived in the Chinese encampment.—
Michael Luo,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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The most shocking aspect to Pennington was the sense of community within the homeless encampment.—
Janelle Ash,
Fox News,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouse. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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