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Recent Examples of massage parlor
Police say the woman owns massage parlors on B Street in Hayward and on the 900 block of San Ramon Valley Road in Danville.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
The inconsistency of the geographical settings goes hand in hand with the how their American protagonists are depicted as inept operators whose heroism is ambiguous
Soon after his arrival in Saigon, Andrews mistakes an advertisement for a dubious massage parlor as a clue from a local contact.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
The media coverage of Asian massage parlor workers touched Tsang.
—Shannon L. Bowen, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
No longer the police chief, he was acquitted in 1984 of wounding a massage parlor operator in a shooting that Skinner again said was in self-defense.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
The inconsistency of the geographical settings goes hand in hand with the how their American protagonists are depicted as inept operators whose heroism is ambiguous
Soon after his arrival in Saigon, Andrews mistakes an advertisement for a dubious massage parlor as a clue from a local contact.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
The media coverage of Asian massage parlor workers touched Tsang.
—Shannon L. Bowen, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
No longer the police chief, he was acquitted in 1984 of wounding a massage parlor operator in a shooting that Skinner again said was in self-defense.
—Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for massage parlor
Noun
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The city has sued a handful of property owners seeking to label their properties as public nuisances under the state's bawdy house statute.—
Mary Spicuzza,
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
31 Oct. 2019
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There was probably at least one bawdy house, but it isn’t mentioned.—
Arthur Hart,
idahostatesman,
7 Apr. 2018
Noun
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The charging documents allege that back in January 2024 — more than a year before he was charged — Wan was arrested on suspicion of running the Iron Horse Parkway brothel and confessed.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
11 July 2025
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Lucky for Luiz, the Gilpin County mountain town of Central City is ripe for brothel breakthroughs.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
20 June 2025
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“Massage parlor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/massage%20parlor. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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