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Recent Examples of fleabag
The fleabag sorority strikes again.
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Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
The Berkeley Inn, known to Geyer’s generation as a fleabag hotel, once stood on the parcel of land.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
The idea was that after years as the most famous and majestic fleabag in Manhattan, the Chelsea was going to be made over into a boutique hotel, one that would draw on its layers of legend.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 July 2022
The women have criticized the league for putting them up in fleabag motels — literally.
—Mark Goodman, The Denver Post, 12 July 2019
That meant—and here something of a mythical fog descends—living in Washington Square Park and fleabag hotels, and rotating through the sofas and beds of various friends and lovers.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018
The movie is a glimpse into the daily lives of two little girls and a boy — Moonee, Jancey, and Scooty — living in two adjacent fleabag motels in Orlando that amount to bottom feeders in the tourism ecosystem.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 5 Oct. 2017
Downtown is rife with greasy diners, fleabag hotels and steamy dive bars.
—Karen Schoemer, New York Times, 30 May 2017
Anahid Nersessian, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
The Berkeley Inn, known to Geyer’s generation as a fleabag hotel, once stood on the parcel of land.
—Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022
The idea was that after years as the most famous and majestic fleabag in Manhattan, the Chelsea was going to be made over into a boutique hotel, one that would draw on its layers of legend.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 July 2022
The women have criticized the league for putting them up in fleabag motels — literally.
—Mark Goodman, The Denver Post, 12 July 2019
That meant—and here something of a mythical fog descends—living in Washington Square Park and fleabag hotels, and rotating through the sofas and beds of various friends and lovers.
—Stephen Metcalf, The Atlantic, 24 June 2018
The movie is a glimpse into the daily lives of two little girls and a boy — Moonee, Jancey, and Scooty — living in two adjacent fleabag motels in Orlando that amount to bottom feeders in the tourism ecosystem.
—Kyle Smith, National Review, 5 Oct. 2017
Downtown is rife with greasy diners, fleabag hotels and steamy dive bars.
—Karen Schoemer, New York Times, 30 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fleabag
Noun
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Our flophouse in Harlem was growing crowded.—
Zayd Ayers Dohrn,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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His novels keep alive the Albany of the 1930s: the domain of swells, sports, and bums, of women with appetites, of flophouses and bowling alleys in the dark hours.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Set in 1940s Mexico, the book follows a con artist who becomes intertwined in the schemes of a boardinghouse owner and her niece.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
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As always, verisimilitude and the supernatural exist side by side in this tale of the denizens of a boardinghouse in Pittsburgh.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Arlington police said their preliminary investigation found that Clark and a man were involved in a domestic dispute at a nearby motel before the fatal crash.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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At the time, Jackman was in prison in connection to a 1989 robbery at a Super 8 motel in Liberty, where he was accused of molesting a clerk.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
Noun
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Future needs The new temporary jail is expected to provide about 100 beds across cells and dormitory-like areas.—
Dylan Lysen
June 16,
Kansas City Star,
16 June 2026
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In addition to the six lewd act counts, the suspect, Quaylin Wesley, of Vallejo, was also charged with two counts of first degree residential burglary, as the alleged crimes happened at two different times in the girl’s room at a university dormitory, the records say.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
Noun
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The Idaho case and many others — including a 2024 dorm room strangling and a 1990 Florida college town serial killer who inspired the Scream franchise — reflect the far-reaching effects of these crimes.—
Corin Cesaric,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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Eventually Miller left Moe’s, with Lee joining him, while Spears and a group went back to his dorm.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
2 June 2026
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“Fleabag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fleabag. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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