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On the night of November 18, Moscow launched an attack on a dormitory at an educational institution in the border city of Hlukhiv, killing 12 people, including a family and a child, and wounding 11 others.
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Katya Soldak, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
By the numbers: Of the 166 hauntings reported in Colorado between 1994 and 2022, about 61% happened inside elementary, middle and high schools, as well as on college campuses and in dormitories, the data shows.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 27 Oct. 2024
Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories.
—Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Koonce did not respond to cardiopulmonary resuscitation when she was found unconscious in her dormitory at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs on Sept. 4, officials have said.
—Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Oct. 2024
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Katya Soldak, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
By the numbers: Of the 166 hauntings reported in Colorado between 1994 and 2022, about 61% happened inside elementary, middle and high schools, as well as on college campuses and in dormitories, the data shows.
—Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 27 Oct. 2024
Calling it the Fair View, Mulrooney was meticulous in choosing the lace curtains, plush carpets, brass bedsteads and other finery that would make her new hotel the envy of the region’s other hoteliers, who housed most guests in rough dormitories.
—Melanie Haiken, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Koonce did not respond to cardiopulmonary resuscitation when she was found unconscious in her dormitory at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs on Sept. 4, officials have said.
—Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 8 Oct. 2024
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Charis Kai, a freshman, was nearly asleep when her resident adviser pounded on the door to her dorm room.Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Find it on Amazon Read at Night With This LED Neck Reading Light This LED neck reading light is the perfect thing for people in dorm rooms.Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
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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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Blackpool, sweeping the planks of his mother’s boardinghouse while listening to a staticky radio broadcast.Chloe Schama, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
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The first night at the flophouse, Barbosa slept on the floor.Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 10 July 2024
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When Elwood retrieves Jake from Joliet Prison at the start of the film, their eventual destination is a flophouse apartment in the Loop, a downtown space defined by L tracks.Daniel de Visé, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
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“Dormitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dormitory. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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