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Noun
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The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.—
Mary Spicuzza,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
31 Oct. 2019 -
There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned.—
Arthur Hart,
idahostatesman,
7 Apr. 2018
Noun
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The frame then flashed to Salma looking at her new niece with love, Hussein, 30, and Jameel holding their daughters as baby Iman adorably reached for Amina, Rania running her fingers through her daughter Iman's hair and pins being placed in Amina's crib.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
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One of his idle fantasies is to get a big-ass crib with a ton of land in Ohio and raise a baby panther.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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His cousin wanted to start a legitimate therapeutic massage parlor.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The signs of Meta, Circle, and AI House, and the logo of the Mohammed bin Salman Foundation were being taken down from the fronts of the buildings, revealing a bakery, a massage parlor, a schoolbook shop, a hotel.—
Caitlín Doherty,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Eddy Diaz, 66, a Bolivian immigrant who runs a soccer supply store along a busy stretch of Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens, was relieved last year when the police shut down a brothel that had opened next to his storefront.—
Andy Newman,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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As a result, the client can often have a false sense of security when visiting the brothel.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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