: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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The suspects are accused of targeting a woman at a nearby motel before returning and fatally shooting 48-year-old Santiago Lopez Morales in Garland, the outlet reported.
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Nate spirits her away to a nondescript motel, where Nate cuts and dyes her dark hair blonde (a bit too professionally, perhaps), and schools her in the art of self-defense with a baseball bat.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 July 2025
Pheasant hunting is big business here, and that means there are plenty of great sporting-goods shops, grocery stores, motels, and small-town dives to support your trip.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2025
Fort Worth police are asking for the public’s help to find a man accused in a 2024 killing at a motel in the city, according to a Facebook post on the police department’s page.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
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Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Nate spirits her away to a nondescript motel, where Nate cuts and dyes her dark hair blonde (a bit too professionally, perhaps), and schools her in the art of self-defense with a baseball bat.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 31 July 2025
Pheasant hunting is big business here, and that means there are plenty of great sporting-goods shops, grocery stores, motels, and small-town dives to support your trip.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2025
Fort Worth police are asking for the public’s help to find a man accused in a 2024 killing at a motel in the city, according to a Facebook post on the police department’s page.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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motel
noun
mo·tel
mō-ˈtel 
: a building or group of buildings which provide lodgings and in which the rooms are usually reached directly from an outdoor parking lot
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