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Recent Examples of roommate
The Supreme Court in Rome found Knox, a 37-year-old former Italian exchange student, guilty in June 2024 of wrongly accusing bar owner Patrick Lumumba of murdering her 21-year-old English roommate, Meredith Kercher, in 2007 and decided to uphold the verdict on appeal Thursday, according to Reuters.
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
The film follows Palmer and SZA as roommates and besties Dreux and Alyssa, who are determined through their literal blood, sweat, and tears to pay their rent by any means necessary.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Directed by Lawrence Lamont and produced by Issa Rae, the film follows two roommates who race against the clock to avoid eviction after one of their boyfriend’s steals their rent money.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Jan. 2025
In a twist of fate, Leonard and Howard were roommates at the Manning Passing Academy last summer.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
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Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
The film follows Palmer and SZA as roommates and besties Dreux and Alyssa, who are determined through their literal blood, sweat, and tears to pay their rent by any means necessary.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2025
Directed by Lawrence Lamont and produced by Issa Rae, the film follows two roommates who race against the clock to avoid eviction after one of their boyfriend’s steals their rent money.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Jan. 2025
In a twist of fate, Leonard and Howard were roommates at the Manning Passing Academy last summer.
—Jamie Barton, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommate
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The victims were Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, both 21, their housemate Xana Kernodle, 20, and her boyfriend Ethan Chapin, also 20.—
Stepheny Price,
Fox News,
22 Jan. 2025
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My former best friend and longtime housemate is a serial monogamist and cannot go a couple weeks without being in a long-term relationship, usually having no more than two to three weeks in between very serious relationships.—
Susan Steade,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Nor is there any depth whatsoever to a host of support characters played by attractive actors who don’t get to do a lot of acting here, perhaps excepting an alternately lively and too-strenuous Ayden Cross as Shaw’s flatmate Ella.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
22 Jan. 2025
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The show, which launched in 2022 after a run at the famous Scottish arts festival, stars Dylan Llewellyn and Jon Pointing as unlikely flatmates, who are thrown together in their first year at Brent University.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
14 Jan. 2025
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Early on, her allegiances are torn between her support of her deaf classmates and the feminist win represented by a woman being chosen to lead the university.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2025
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But seeing her classmates come together around the issue was exciting, the student said.—
Silas Allen,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Feb. 2025
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When Jason’s ad went viral on Reddit, some accused him of trying to take advantage of his prospective subtenant.—
Kate Talerico,
The Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2024
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In February 2020, inspectors noted multiple subtenants, wooden pallets and washing machines.—
Christopher Weber,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2024
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His second shot at finding love on national television begins on Jan. 27 — and Ellis is ready to draft his forever teammate.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Tomlin and her fellow teammates are under new leadership this year.—
Sara Vallone,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Would Gertie, the dinosaur that stands in Echo Lake at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, like a playmate?—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2025
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The Carters were the only white family in Archery, and his playmates were the children of Black tenant farmers.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
29 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In total, 58 of Upton’s shipmates died when the USS Utah quickly sank, and 461 sailors survived.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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Dozens of schoolmates chattered happily under the pines, kicking a soccer ball on sun-streaked grass, climbing a play structure and scarfing down pizza.—
Teresa Watanabe,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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Hayden’s own GoFundMe is full of the names of industry friends, childhood schoolmates, total strangers and people from around the world.—
Cindy Carcamo,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roommate. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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