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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

Definition of bawdy house

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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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Gross was suspected of a gruesome murder of Ying Li, an employee at a massage parlor who was beheaded in her Northland apartment.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Investigators went to the massage parlor and located the suspect, identified as 50-year-old Liangfu Zheng of Napa.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

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In December, Santa Clara County officials charged members of a different family with running a network of 10 brothels in cities that included Cupertino.

— Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 17 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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