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Recent Examples of flophouse
Back in the day, the LaSalle Hotel was a flophouse, just about the only place for downtown residents.
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
In one stunning moment, Marty, trying to take a shower in a flophouse, ends up falling through the ceiling and onto a shady man (Abel Ferrara) trying to give his dog a bath in the unit below.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2026
In a recurring theme, an unmarried female Haitian in the flophouse is pregnant.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 27 Dec. 2025
What was built was a 29-story baby-poop brown block of a building that looked like a cheap heating unit jutting out of a wall in a flophouse apartment.
—Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2016
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Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
In one stunning moment, Marty, trying to take a shower in a flophouse, ends up falling through the ceiling and onto a shady man (Abel Ferrara) trying to give his dog a bath in the unit below.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 Jan. 2026
In a recurring theme, an unmarried female Haitian in the flophouse is pregnant.
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 27 Dec. 2025
What was built was a 29-story baby-poop brown block of a building that looked like a cheap heating unit jutting out of a wall in a flophouse apartment.
—Culture Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flophouse
Noun
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The spiritual unease that Harold Loomis brings to Seth and Bertha’s boardinghouse reaches a point of crisis at the end of the first act, with another, still more terrible outburst inevitably on the way.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Apr. 2026
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At the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, Henson is making her Broadway debut as Bertha Holly, a woman running a cozy Pittsburgh boardinghouse with her husband, Seth (Cedric the Entertainer), in 1911, during the Great Migration.—
Juliana Ukiomogbe,
Vogue,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Turner lore suggested the college student was expelled from the Ivy League school for having a female student in his dormitory room.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The Eyes must have tossed the Pearl Girls dormitory, too, because Daisy’s pocket radio — the one she’s been hiding inside her bunkmate Thalia’s bed frame — is sitting on the desk.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
Noun
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That whatever magic was with us in that dorm living room in 2013 isn’t there any longer.—
Katie Gavin,
Time,
8 May 2026
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She was last seen leaving a party near her dorm on Memorial Day weekend in 1996 in the company of a fellow student, Flores.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
7 May 2026
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The encampment had previously been on private property and moved to its most recent location after the owner performed a cleanup, Yee said.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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In the audit, colleges and universities saw fewer incidents compared with 2024, when ADL said the pro-Palestinian encampment movement drove spikes in incidents.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouse. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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