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call house

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as in bawdy house

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She was convicted of prostitution and keeping a bawdy house, according to the DHS.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
All of the women working in the bawdy houses are modest and never look lascivious because, Lord knows, that would be horrific.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2025

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Crib standards also change, as drop-sided cribs were banned from manufacture in 2011, with the most recent crib regulation update being August 1, 2026.

— Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026
The father improvised by moving the baby’s crib into the living room and using cardboard and tape to seal the gap in the window.

— Destenie Nock, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026

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In the early hours of the following morning, four referees who officiated the match were allegedly taken to a massage parlor by the KFA, which spent 760,000 Korean won ($536).

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
The women arrested in massage parlor raids are often Chinese or, more recently, Venezuelan immigrants, according to the Cook County public defender’s office and local court records.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

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But the rollicking jollity that accompanies the final two acts, which includes the entrance of pirates and the abduction of Marina to a brothel, robs the ending of some of its pathos.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
In the movie, a local brothel — the Devil’s Playhouse — becomes the target of a TV preacher, forcing the town’s sheriff, who happens to be a frequent customer, to save it.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026

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