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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 -
There’s almost this wink at the end where Fanny says, By the way, Charles brought our son to bawdy houses so he could be educated just as Charles was.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Oct. 2025
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Their 3-month-old baby was in his crib and their 2-year-old daughter was walking around.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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That demand continued to climb in 2024 and hit new highs in 2025, when the hotline took 20,632 contacts where a person was seeking a shelter bed or crib.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Over the summer, 404 Media reported that a Customs and Border Protection agent had donned a pair during an immigration raid, and this fall the outlet also reported that men were using smart glasses to film massage parlor workers, seemingly without their knowledge or consent.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
28 Feb. 2026
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Kraft also faced misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution charges in 2019 after visiting a massage parlor in Jupiter, Florida; the charges were dropped after the evidence was ruled inadmissible.—
Justin Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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The graffiti also alleged that one of the seven houses that was sprayed with paint was a brothel.—
Lexi Lane,
PEOPLE,
19 Apr. 2026
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The Death & Life of Lamar Odom, directed Ryan Duffy and released last month, chronicles Odom’s 2015 scare when he was found unresponsive at the Love Ranch brothel located outside Las Vegas.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Call house.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/call%20house. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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