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Recent Examples of motels
And our best times at motels were spent swimming in the dark in the motel pool.
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Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
Anne Carson, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motels
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The Oliver Inn Just blocks from downtown, the 10-room Oliver Inn offers homemade breakfasts and spacious lodgings in a stately 19th-century Queen Anne home.—
Sarah Cahalan,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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And Hatter, who was relocated after city officials intervened, can settle into her new lodgings in her new neighborhood and figure out her next steps.—
Essence,
Essence,
26 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And those cover everything from the provision of medical care to the safety and security of the facility to environmental health-and-safety standards and religious accommodations.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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Owned by Abercrombie & Kent, a pioneer of luxury safaris since 1962, the company expanded into accommodations just before the turn of the century with Olonana in Kenya’s Maasai Mara and has since also operated boutique riverboats, including the new Pure Amazon in Peru that debuted this past summer.—
Christina Liao,
Vogue,
14 Jan. 2026
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Productions by Walt Disney World, Disney Cruise Line, SeaWorld Orlando and various Universal resorts have been named finalists for the 2025 Brass Ring Excellence Awards by IAAPA.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Jan. 2026
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Costa Rica has stunning resorts that combine jungle luxury with beach views.—
Maya Kachroo-Levine,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Jan. 2026
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The only other in-park lodging options are the Long Pine Key and Flamingo campgrounds.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
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About 28 people showed up at the Northern Outdoors campgrounds in Forks, Maine.—
Jennifer Liu,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Some hotel spas can feel like they were designed like a clinical hospital ward on a futuristic spaceship.—
Arion McNicoll,
TheWeek,
12 Jan. 2026
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There are older spas and wellness retreats in North America (to say nothing of Europe), but none popularized the idea of a spa break the way that Miraval did.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Motels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motels. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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