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Recent Examples of roommate
The complaint alleged a private interaction occurred between McCaslin and the girl while the other roommate was asleep.
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Details about what led to the murder emerged when a third roommate told officers that in mid-April of 2018, Gonzales gave Mamer a 30-day notice to move out, according to the district attorney.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Nearly eight years after a woman's body was found dismembered inside an apartment building in San Francisco's Mission District, a jury has convicted her roommate of murder.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Withheld evidence Subu’s murder conviction centered on the killing of his friend and former roommate, 19-year-old college student Thomas Kinser.
—Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
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Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
Details about what led to the murder emerged when a third roommate told officers that in mid-April of 2018, Gonzales gave Mamer a 30-day notice to move out, according to the district attorney.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Nearly eight years after a woman's body was found dismembered inside an apartment building in San Francisco's Mission District, a jury has convicted her roommate of murder.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Withheld evidence Subu’s murder conviction centered on the killing of his friend and former roommate, 19-year-old college student Thomas Kinser.
—Omar Jimenez, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommate
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Further complicating matters, Batula in January announced her separation from husband Kyle Cooke, another housemate on Bravo’s reality series.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Bailey suggests examining the journals of Blanche Glover, LaMotte’s housemate who is thought to have also been her lover.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
9 Mar. 2026
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The cast includes Black Ops star Hammed Animashaun, Emma Sidi, who played Rose Matafeo’s flatmate in Starstruck, and Al Nash, a viral comic who satirizes social media tropes.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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This dilemma was inspired during lockdown, when my flatmate was listening to the audiobook of Bleak House.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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School notes show at times, Jojo left the classroom without permission, threw things and tried to hit a classmate.—
Cheryl Fiandaca,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Daniel is a 4-year-old anthropomorphic tiger navigating Kindergarten alongside classmates who are animals and humans from various backgrounds.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
6 Apr. 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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McDavid got the best of his matchup against his Canadian Olympic teammate and fellow Hart Trophy contender Macklin Celebrini, who scored on the power play to give San Jose a 1-0 lead.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Several teammates alluded to his ability to keep things loose in the bullpen.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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Rory is delighted when his older sister weaves a playmate for him out of flowers and words, naming her Daye.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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Earlier that same month, the former Playboy playmate tried out a splash of color, adding pink streaks to her platinum hair.—
Hannah Malach,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 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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Zumba, a Navy reservist who earlier was a shipmate of Urena on the destroyer USS Carney, pleaded guilty in December to the same charge.—
Steve Patterson,
Florida Times-Union,
29 Jan. 2026
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He and his old Shelton schoolmate Brian Reilly (who is credited as producer, assistant editor and unit production manager on this film) started their KT Pictures company around eight years ago.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
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Kaveri Mehta is there to marry her childhood schoolmate turned sweetheart Abhinav Singh.—
Ayushi Shah,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roommate. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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