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motor inn

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Definition of motor inn

as in motor court

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Recent Examples of motor inn Another solid New Mexico option is Arrive Albuquerque, which opened in 2025 as a 137-room boutique hotel set in a former mid-century motor inn. — Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026 Book a room at either Arrive Albuquerque, a motor inn reimagined as a boutique hotel, or El Vado Motel, a white adobe property that was restored and reopened in 2018. — Matt Kirouac, AFAR Media, 29 Jan. 2026 Built in 1939, this is a true motor inn, with garages between the rooms for parking your car. — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 19 July 2024 It’s partly set in 1955 in a fictional Southwest town, a lonely four corners with a diner, gas station and motor inn. — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 15 June 2023 See All Example Sentences for motor inn

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Noun

Other than a rebranding from Goodnight Court to Classic Inn, little has changed over the past eight decades at the tourist court.

— Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
No longer a tourist court, the building was reconfigured into a private home.

— Ray Hanley, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2025

Definition of tourist court

Noun

The pair had spent the previous night talking for hours after meeting by chance in the elevator of a youth hostel in Munich in May 1998.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Home to a youth hostel and folk museum, Glencoe is mostly a destination for outdoorspeople looking to kayak, mountain climb, go trekking, or pitch tents.

— Timothy Latterner, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026

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The hotel itself, which had opened as a motor lodge in the 1950s and then transformed into a Southwestern roadside hotel, had also fallen into disrepair.

— Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
Previously a 1960s motor lodge, it’s been reimagined by hospitality experts Keath and Dave Jacoby, who took it from being a botched reno property to one that feels mid-century cool.

— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 July 2026

Definition of motor lodge

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The shop front was soon tricked out to double as Axl’s chair set and the room out back was filled with cheesy furniture to look like a motel room.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
John gets the upper hand and nearly takes the ring, before one of Zoe’s satellite weapons blows up half the motel, forcing Hal to use what little charge is left in the ring to protect himself and John.

— Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of motel

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By putting the spa before the staterooms, this design flips the superyacht script from conspicuous consumption to conscious longevity.

— Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2026
At the nearby Thermes Marins Monte-Carlo spa (connected to the hotel by a tunnel), the facilities include a heated saltwater pool and a hammam.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026

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Humuhumunukunukuāpuaʻa, quite the mouthful and named after Hawaiʻi's official state fish, is the resort's signature seafood restaurant, and a dreamy one.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026
Up there, in the sleepy West Michigan resort town, the team had only each other, lending to near-automatic team building.

— Max Bultman, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of resort

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High-intensity interval training and long-duration intense cardio spike cortisol significantly, and doing them too often without recovery can keep the hormone elevated, but rest and frequency matter more than avoidance.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026
Pilots and flight attendants can run up against federal duty limits and rest rules.

— Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of rest

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Others — like California Attorneys, Administrative Law Judges and Hearing Officers in State Employment — are meeting with departments to discuss proper accommodations and terms related to Newsom’s return-to-office mandate.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
For a charming stay, The Perry House Bed & Breakfast offers cozy accommodations in a historic home with mountain views and a warm, inviting environment.

— Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026

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