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Recent Examples of roommates
Kaylee Goncalves also felt as though she was being watched and stalked in the weeks before she was murdered alongside two of her roommates and one roommate's boyfriend.
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Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommates
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Heart The Lover by Lily King During her senior year of college, Jordan is drawn into an intense friendship and romantic triangle with two brilliant classmates, Sam and Yash, in a bond that shapes her ambitions and alters all three of their lives.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2026
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As the shooting unfolded, texts came into Salzman’s phone from classmates sharing their hiding locations.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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Morales leaped in the air and got hugged by his teammates.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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For the first time since the end of Ryder Ryan’s senior year at North Mecklenburg High School in Huntersville, North Carolina, Ryder and his younger brother, River, are teammates again.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
26 Feb. 2026
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Photographed heading to Lattanzi in New York with his colleagues for the week, Storrie opted for a chocolate brown, shearling collared leather jacket by Sandro, a cobalt blue knit, straight-leg blue jeans, and black Saint Laurent penny loafers with white socks.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 Feb. 2026
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In his statement, Fincke thanked his Crew-11 colleagues, along with NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, who were also aboard the space station at the time and are still in space.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
25 Feb. 2026
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But Loureiro's coworkers described him as well-liked, with one saying that 'students loved him.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
17 Feb. 2026
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At the office, constantly gushing about your spouse or new romantic interest can be cringe-inducing for your coworkers.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
13 Feb. 2026
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But the mood among Musk and his associates changed as Russia intensified its threats to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine and its Western allies.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2026
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In our recent, not-yet-successful efforts to reform gerrymandering abuses in Illinois, my associates and I have received disquieting, even distressing, feedback about our state.—
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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White checked all of those boxes and cemented himself as an obvious choice with a network of current donors, high-ranking business partners in Charlotte, as well as potential donors that Gaber hopes to convert.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Feb. 2026
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Ahead of each collection, Gassanoff partners with institutions like Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Culture, or Capital Culture House in Rome, to secure funds in order to spotlight and financially support the artisan communities that produce his pieces, hence the brand name.—
Lucy Maguire,
Vogue,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Roommates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roommates. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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