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lodging house

noun

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as in rooming house

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Recent Examples of lodging house The backyard of the lodging house on Hanbury Street, where Annie Chapman died, had three possible exits through neighboring yards; there were five at Mitre Square, where forty-six-year-old Catherine Eddowes bled out in a dark corner. — Literary Hub, 31 Oct. 2025 The concept borrows inspiration from the traditional lodging houses in Bombay, comfortable places often run by Parsi proprietors. — Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 Research trips took them to local lodging houses, private family homes, and vintage Deco hotels including Bombay’s Bentley’s Hotel and Sea Green Hotel on Marine Drive. — Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 While unwilling to engage with gangs of vacationing children, Anchorage police did arrest and jail one man for repeatedly leaving his lodging house. — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2020 The response was sometimes harsh -- any lodging house where an infection appeared was burnt to the ground. — Paul French, CNN, 18 Apr. 2020

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While a rooming house is technically permitted in Wesley Height’s zoning district, Allred noted that the owner was required to live on the property of a rooming house under the UDO.

— Diamy Wang August 15, Charlotte Observer, 15 Aug. 2026
Officers responded to the report of an altercation involving numerous people at a rooming house in the 350 block of Park Avenue just after midnight on Tuesday, according to Det.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026

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Thompson’s killing outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel ignited a multistate manhunt that ended five days later, when police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, arrested Mangione in a McDonald’s.

— Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Set the scene The hotel is set in a quiet residential part of little Santa Barbara.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2026

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Listen to Live Music Cedar Mountain Outpost is a little bit of everything—deli, wine shop, public house, and live music venue, improbably set within a gas station.

— Belinda Luksic, Southern Living, 1 May 2026
This provoked what became known as the Aston Riot, with nearby public houses wrecked and violent brawls ensuing.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2026

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