: an establishment which provides lodging and parking and in which the rooms are usually accessible from an outdoor parking area
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The five people suspected in connection with Nordquist's death were arrested this week after police searched the Patty’s Lodge motel in Canandaigua, the last place Nordquist was known to be staying.
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Madison Scott, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
Shortly before the mourners gathered, the police had arrested Erica Sheppard and James Dickerson at a motel in Bay City, Erica’s home town.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
White Settlement police arrested a suspect after a man was found shot in the parking lot of a motel early Wednesday morning.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2025
The song is a cheeky touch, but also a nod to Daryle’s milieu: a lowbrow America of swamp tours, chain motels, and motorcycle shops.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
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Madison Scott, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
Shortly before the mourners gathered, the police had arrested Erica Sheppard and James Dickerson at a motel in Bay City, Erica’s home town.
—Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
White Settlement police arrested a suspect after a man was found shot in the parking lot of a motel early Wednesday morning.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2025
The song is a cheeky touch, but also a nod to Daryle’s milieu: a lowbrow America of swamp tours, chain motels, and motorcycle shops.
—Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/motel. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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motel
noun
mo·tel
mō-ˈtel 
: a building or group of buildings which provide lodgings and in which the rooms are usually reached directly from an outdoor parking lot
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