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Recent Examples of massage parlor
The Lawrence Police Department is asking survivors to come forward as part of an investigation into a Lawrence massage parlor, according to a Monday news release.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026
San Francisco’s city attorney has shut down a massage parlor in the Tenderloin that authorities say operated for years as a front for prostitution, following a $275,000 settlement approved by a judge last month.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2026
The first assault took place at a massage parlor in Phoenix near 19th Avenue and Thunderbird Road when Mohammad Al Bishawi, 33, came in as a client, according to spokesperson Sgt.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
In January of this year, the state closed down TAO Spa, another massage parlor at the same address, with an emergency order.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2025
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2026
San Francisco’s city attorney has shut down a massage parlor in the Tenderloin that authorities say operated for years as a front for prostitution, following a $275,000 settlement approved by a judge last month.
—Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Jan. 2026
The first assault took place at a massage parlor in Phoenix near 19th Avenue and Thunderbird Road when Mohammad Al Bishawi, 33, came in as a client, according to spokesperson Sgt.
—Richard Ruelas, AZCentral.com, 9 Oct. 2025
In January of this year, the state closed down TAO Spa, another massage parlor at the same address, with an emergency order.
—Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for massage parlor
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
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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
Noun
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Polly Adler has worked long and hard to build up her high-class brothel business.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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We’re left with Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) all alone in her modern-day brothel — a dollhouse filled with shiny things and zero substance — and Lexi (Maude Apatow) once again taking the moral high ground without fully grasping why.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
1 June 2026
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“Massage parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massage%20parlor. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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