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Recent Examples of flophouse
When Elwood retrieves Jake from Joliet Prison at the start of the film, their eventual destination is a flophouse apartment in the Loop, a downtown space defined by L tracks.
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
By acquiring the names of all the other lords in his weed-farm network through some poor aristo whose estate has been turned into a flophouse for low-level gangsters after a dispute with the Glasses, Eddie can take this vital intel to Johnston and take away the Glasses’ leverage of secrecy.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
After Chili's twin sister, Jellybean, was found dead in a Kansas City flophouse, Chili began a downward spiral and was eventually caught drinking on the job by Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer).
—Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
The setting of McPherson’s play is a flophouse in Depression-era Duluth, Minn., the port city where Dylan was born in 1941.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
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Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
By acquiring the names of all the other lords in his weed-farm network through some poor aristo whose estate has been turned into a flophouse for low-level gangsters after a dispute with the Glasses, Eddie can take this vital intel to Johnston and take away the Glasses’ leverage of secrecy.
—Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
After Chili's twin sister, Jellybean, was found dead in a Kansas City flophouse, Chili began a downward spiral and was eventually caught drinking on the job by Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer).
—Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
The setting of McPherson’s play is a flophouse in Depression-era Duluth, Minn., the port city where Dylan was born in 1941.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flophouse
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According to Flavor Insider, a food and cooking website, the New York strip got its name from New York City butchers in the 19th century and was initially considered one of the less desirable cuts of beef, meaning it was frequently sold to boardinghouses and restaurants to go in stews.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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The locals didn’t always welcome Trump’s plans—a woman who owned a boardinghouse near one site would not sell, sparking a feud.—
Dan Alexander,
Forbes,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Biergarten, picnic tables, adjacent dormitory and apartment where Clark resides survived the fire.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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On Randall’s Island, city workers have begun dismantling the giant tent dormitories that once housed 3,000 migrants in cots, slowly restoring the athletic fields they were built on.—
Luis Ferré-Sadurní,
New York Times,
25 Nov. 2024
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Rooms have been turned into separate dorms for men and women and children.—
Julia Frankel,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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The agency demolished a dorm at McMurdo years ago, and still hasn’t rebuilt it.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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In a priority to reduce homelessness, Best said the city created a new position to address the issue, and 120 encampments had been cleared from the San Diego River corridor.—
Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Authorities claimed Amiri released his dog in August 2020 on a man who appeared to be sleeping in a homeless encampment tent.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouse. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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