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Noun
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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 -
The much-married Stoiber, reputed to have been the Silverton proprietor of a bawdy house, was impossible to get along with.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
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Now the puppy, Oreo, sleeps right next to Jaxson’s crib every night.—
Eliza Shapiro,
New York Times,
8 June 2026
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Her mother came down the stairs with an armload of linens, dragged the old crib out of the unfinished half of the cellar, and took the plastic sheeting off it.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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Due to the alarm going off, Rempuszewski came out of the massage parlor and was taken into custody.—
Patrick Damp,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Lake County Prosecutor Bernard Carter asked the Indiana State Police to launch an investigation into missing money that was seized by police in connection with a 2023 search warrant executed at a Winfield massage parlor.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2026
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In an effort to increase business, the upstairs storage room was converted into a brothel.—
Skye Sherman,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
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Kono’s statement acknowledging military coercion of women into front-line brothels paved the way for broader wartime remorse in 1995 and reshaped Japan’s relations with Asian neighbors.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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“Call house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20house. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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