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After Chili's twin sister, Jellybean, was found dead in a Kansas City flophouse, Chili began a downward spiral and was eventually caught drinking on the job by Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer).
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Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
The setting of McPherson’s play is a flophouse in Depression-era Duluth, Minn., the port city where Dylan was born in 1941.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Opened two years ago from what essentially was a snowboarder flophouse, Basecamp has now expanded, buying and razing another rundown motor court, adding 24 rooms (74 in all), meeting spaces and a hot tub large enough for the entire Swedish ski team to take a soak.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
At the east end of Great Jones Street lay the Bowery, a once-reputable boulevard that had become a notorious thoroughfare lined with brothels, beer gardens, flophouses and pawn shops.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
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Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
The setting of McPherson’s play is a flophouse in Depression-era Duluth, Minn., the port city where Dylan was born in 1941.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
Opened two years ago from what essentially was a snowboarder flophouse, Basecamp has now expanded, buying and razing another rundown motor court, adding 24 rooms (74 in all), meeting spaces and a hot tub large enough for the entire Swedish ski team to take a soak.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
At the east end of Great Jones Street lay the Bowery, a once-reputable boulevard that had become a notorious thoroughfare lined with brothels, beer gardens, flophouses and pawn shops.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
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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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Ball fields and warehouses were turned into barrack-style dormitories to house migrants from places including Venezuela, Peru, Morocco and Sudan.Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
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More than a dormitory, it was created to build bridges and cultural appreciation for others.Shaun Carver, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Not long after, Martin heard Buckland playing guitar from behind the door of his dorm room.Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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But these pseudo-philosophical musings on the nature of free will and fate, which wouldn’t sound especially out of place in a stoned freshman’s dorm room, are at least presented with some panache, as a vengeful orphan challenges a crumbling city’s unfeeling ruler to a game of Go.Scott Meslow, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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Lurie was able to tap into voter disillusionment over brazen retail theft, crime, open-air drug dens, and homeless encampments that made residents fearful and businesses flee.Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
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Yes, but: Valley cities that have taken steps to crack down on homeless encampments have largely done so as a result of the Grants Pass decision, not Proposition 312.Jeremy Duda, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouse. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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