flophouse

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Recent Examples of flophouse The film follows 12-year-old Mikal, who shares a small room in a cheap hotel, commonly known as a flophouse, with his parents and their cat, Smokey. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025 When Abercrombie does offer up interiors, they’re sparsely furnished and dingy, like rooms in a flophouse. 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 See All Example Sentences for flophouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flophouse
Noun
  • Her cousin becomes suspicious when Levi returns to the boardinghouse alone.
    Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Sprawling dormitory resorts like Fregene and Ladispoli are up next: seaside cities that double as Rome’s seaside.
    Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
  • The plaintiff further claims that the school hired Rabbi Ephraim Shapiro in 1972 as a dormitory counselor, a former employee who had been forced to retire years before because of child abuse allegations.
    Glynis Kazanjian, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In 2022, a female student posted on social media screenshots of a complaint and police report, which alleged that Hairston raped her in her dorm room.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Use it in small spaces, a college dorm, or an attic.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Harvard must investigate and carry out meaningful discipline for all violations that occurred during the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 academic years, including the Harvard Business School protest of October 2023, the University Hall sit-in of November 2023, and the spring encampment of 2024.
    Kayla Jimenez, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • He was targeted because of his position as the lead negotiator for the pro-Palestinian encampment on Columbia University’s campus last year.
    Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouse. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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