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Recent Examples of bunkhouse
In Shiver's case, that interior combines bunkhouse-style sleeping quarters for six team members in the front, along with communal space in the back.
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New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2025
The property features meadows, slick rock formations, and a year-round creek, as well as a bunkhouse once associated with the camp.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
Taylor Sheridan loves a crew — like the ranch hands and their bunkhouse in Yellowstone — but there’s not much reason to keep the rig workers around now that Cooper has his own stuff going on.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2025
Cottages spread across the property provide additional lounge and dining areas for overnight guests, while a bunkhouse can sleep up to 12 ranch hands or other staff.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
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New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2025
The property features meadows, slick rock formations, and a year-round creek, as well as a bunkhouse once associated with the camp.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
Taylor Sheridan loves a crew — like the ranch hands and their bunkhouse in Yellowstone — but there’s not much reason to keep the rig workers around now that Cooper has his own stuff going on.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2025
Cottages spread across the property provide additional lounge and dining areas for overnight guests, while a bunkhouse can sleep up to 12 ranch hands or other staff.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bunkhouse
Noun
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In the unit, which can house only a small group of detainees, the beds are clustered together dormitory-style, and there are no pillows.—
Diego Lasarte,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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The two of them met freshman year in their dormitory at the University of Pennsylvania.—
Maxwell Adler,
Vanity Fair,
16 Apr. 2026
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Opponents say bill makes women less safe Instances of trans people perpetrating violence in public bathrooms, locker rooms and dorm rooms are exceedingly rare.—
Jack Harvel
April 20,
Kansas City Star,
21 Apr. 2026
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These two beacons of truth and connoisseurs of mess have been bonded for over a decade, sharing the traumas of a crappy Boston dorm room and a pitiful Brooklyn dating scene.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Other amenities include a boat ramp, fishing along the river, a good-sized campground, and a limestone lodge for large gatherings.—
Joie Probst,
Midwest Living,
10 Apr. 2026
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The education center and two semi-primitive campgrounds feature vault toilets.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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Desai, whose family owns a motel near the future Knight Riders stadium, said he was thrilled to hear about a world-class cricket venue almost in his backyard.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Apr. 2026
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In one case outlined by prosecutors, two men allegedly killed a victim at an Anaheim motel in 2025 in an effort to gain status within the gang.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Chargers also will have Bud Dupree and Kyle Kennard competing for snaps when training camp begins in late July.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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Yazbek is studying medicine and is living with her family among strangers in the refugee camp, trying to study on her iPad while kids play tag in the halls.—
Sean Nevin,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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Ed Simon Goes Back to When the Past was the Future A century ago, at a Waukegan, Illinois boardinghouse run by his grandparents, an auburn-haired, six-year-old boy named Ray Bradbury used to search for copies of Amazing Stories left behind by the guests.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
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Behind Jovan, the posse breaks into boardinghouses, yanks a miner from behind a grocery counter, shoots another dead in his home.—
Masha Hamilton,
Longreads,
19 Feb. 2026
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