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Recent Examples of fleabag
Hiding out from capture in a ramshackle fleabag hotel somewhere south of the U.S. border, Eddie and Venom banter about the nature of the universe, with Venom teasing that no human could handle the mutliversal realities alien symbiotes have experienced in their lifetimes.
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Adam B. Vary, Variety, 2 Oct. 2021
The Berkeley Inn, known to Geyer’s generation as a fleabag hotel, once stood on the parcel of land.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
The idea was that after years as the most famous and majestic fleabag in Manhattan, the Chelsea was going to be made over into a boutique hotel, one that would draw on its layers of legend.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 July 2022
The women have criticized the league for putting them up in fleabag motels — literally.
—Mark Goodman, The Denver Post, 12 July 2019
That meant—and here something of a mythical fog descends—living in Washington Square Park and fleabag hotels, and rotating through the sofas and beds of various friends and lovers.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018
The movie is a glimpse into the daily lives of two little girls and a boy — Moonee, Jancey, and Scooty — living in two adjacent fleabag motels in Orlando that amount to bottom feeders in the tourism ecosystem.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 5 Oct. 2017
Downtown is rife with greasy diners, fleabag hotels and steamy dive bars.
—Karen Schoemer, New York Times, 30 May 2017
Why did Schwartz, the most promising poet of his generation, end up dying at the age of 52 in a fleabag hotel in Midtown Manhattan?
—James Atlas, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2017
Adam B. Vary, Variety, 2 Oct. 2021
The Berkeley Inn, known to Geyer’s generation as a fleabag hotel, once stood on the parcel of land.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
The idea was that after years as the most famous and majestic fleabag in Manhattan, the Chelsea was going to be made over into a boutique hotel, one that would draw on its layers of legend.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 July 2022
The women have criticized the league for putting them up in fleabag motels — literally.
—Mark Goodman, The Denver Post, 12 July 2019
That meant—and here something of a mythical fog descends—living in Washington Square Park and fleabag hotels, and rotating through the sofas and beds of various friends and lovers.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018
The movie is a glimpse into the daily lives of two little girls and a boy — Moonee, Jancey, and Scooty — living in two adjacent fleabag motels in Orlando that amount to bottom feeders in the tourism ecosystem.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 5 Oct. 2017
Downtown is rife with greasy diners, fleabag hotels and steamy dive bars.
—Karen Schoemer, New York Times, 30 May 2017
Why did Schwartz, the most promising poet of his generation, end up dying at the age of 52 in a fleabag hotel in Midtown Manhattan?
—James Atlas, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fleabag
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The only thing the teachers are looking for in their new towns are… no flophouses.Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 15 May 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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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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Midcentury motels pay homage to their retro roots and recall hey-days of simple but sweet beach vacations.Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 12 Jan. 2025
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The motel was built by newspaper legend William Randolph Hearst in 1929 and once housed the construction workers who built the Pacific Coast Highway.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
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This space serves as the path to the Masked Managers’ dormitory and also as the setting for the players’ rebellion against the Front Man.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Dec. 2024
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Still, the mood in the men’s tent is one of dormitory camaraderie.ByJon Cohen, science.org, 9 Dec. 2024
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Sitting in a Cairo dorm room, Ms. Alrashid and Ms. Suleiman were out of choices.Kate Okorie, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025
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In his dorm room, campus police had discovered a suicide note as well as a corkboard covered in thumbtacks that seemed to map out the school’s underground steam tunnels.Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Fleabag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleabag. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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