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Recent Examples of roommate
On June 1, a young Honduran man allegedly killed his roommate because of the voices in his head telling him to do so.
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Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
Three years later, Schwartz would star alongside his roommate and best friend, Tom Sandoval in the inaugural season of Vanderpump Rules.
—Sara Belcher, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Season 2 will focus on the romance of Dean Di Laurentis (Stephen Kalyn) and Hannah’s roommate and best friend Allie Hayes (Mika Abdalla).
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 11 June 2026
Everything is fine and dandy until Meadow spends the weekend at home, leaving Noah to deal with her manic-depressive roommate, Caitlin.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
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Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
Three years later, Schwartz would star alongside his roommate and best friend, Tom Sandoval in the inaugural season of Vanderpump Rules.
—Sara Belcher, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
Season 2 will focus on the romance of Dean Di Laurentis (Stephen Kalyn) and Hannah’s roommate and best friend Allie Hayes (Mika Abdalla).
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 11 June 2026
Everything is fine and dandy until Meadow spends the weekend at home, leaving Noah to deal with her manic-depressive roommate, Caitlin.
—Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommate
Noun
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What differentiates misophonia from simply wanting to snatch that bag of chips away from your crunching housemate?—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
9 June 2026
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The May 12 episode of Summer House picks up in the middle of Kyle's standoff with longtime friend and housemate Carl Radke.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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The flatmate had been very kind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Set in a Barcelona shaped by housing crisis, the film follows a delivery worker on the verge of eviction who must find her missing flatmate-landlord after she is abducted by a criminal group tied to the city’s property market.—
Emiliano de Pablos,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Griffin filed a federal defamation lawsuit in Nevada on Monday, June 15, saying her middle school classmate Joleene Altum made false allegations against Griffin, according to documents obtained obtained by USA TODAY.—
Liza Esquibias,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
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Edmon said graduating high school can be especially difficult for youth who have experienced foster care and housing instability because many have had to repeatedly adjust to new schools, teachers, and classmates.—
Terrance Friday,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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That’s because Rhapsody was a subtenant of Giordano’s, the national pizza chain that closed in 2022 after less than a year in the space.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
26 Aug. 2025
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The plaintiffs alleged that MTS’s manager of real estate assets and MTS’s property manager for the warehouse were both aware that San Diego Sports Entertainment Center and its subtenants were operating without proper building or occupancy permits.—
Alex Riggins,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
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The 6-6 playmaker displayed his versatility on both ends, knocking down shots, creating for teammates and making an impact defensively against top competition from around the world.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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His goal was impressive, but the real star of the play was teammate Petar Sucic, who used some slick dribbling to make an England defender fall before finding Baturina for the score.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Noun
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The pandemic a handful of years ago put parents and children in the same space for extended periods, with moms and dads taking on even more concentrated roles of teacher, coach, and playmate, Price-Glynn says, evermore raising the need to talk about things like parental burnout and respite.—
Kimberly Phillips,
Hartford Courant,
13 June 2026
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Pepper’s slow pace, long pauses before taking a turn, and apparent determination to win often clashed with participants’ expectations of how a human-like playmate should behave.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
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There was still no news about their captain and shipmate.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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This subsequently sends the starship forward or backward in time, while occasionally (and inexplicably) transforming your shipmates into freaky clay heads.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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The two were friends and schoolmates who were wrapping up high school studies when they were approached by Oakey.—
Selena Fragassi,
SPIN,
28 May 2026
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Diana’s prep schoolmate Delissa Needham will appear in the series, speaking on camera for the first time, plus hairdresser Sam McKnight, astrologer Penny Thornton and confidante Daily Mail journalist Richard Kay.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2026
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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roommate. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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