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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.
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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
Opened two years ago from what essentially was a snowboarder flophouse, Basecamp has now expanded, buying and razing another rundown motor court, adding 24 rooms (74 in all), meeting spaces and a hot tub large enough for the entire Swedish ski team to take a soak.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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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
Opened two years ago from what essentially was a snowboarder flophouse, Basecamp has now expanded, buying and razing another rundown motor court, adding 24 rooms (74 in all), meeting spaces and a hot tub large enough for the entire Swedish ski team to take a soak.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flophouse
Noun
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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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At the boardinghouse, proprietress Fräulein Schneider and her Jewish tenant, Herr Schultz, who owns a fruit store, begin a serious romance with plans to marry.—
Oline Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2024
Noun
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Matron’s flat was just off the main dormitory wing.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
9 Jan. 2025
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The 77,000-square-foot detention center built in 2018 was expanded this year to include interrogation rooms, 30 detention cells, and dormitories for 550 staff members.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
30 Dec. 2024
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The university took on the case after a UA student described to authorities being raped by Higgs on Oct. 20 in her dorm room in the Northwest Quad residence hall.—
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette,
arkansasonline.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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He became especially intrigued by people talking about their days, so Oakley followed suit by uploading videos of him giving a tour of his dorm room.—
Athena Sobhan,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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David Goldenberg, the Midwest regional director for the Anti-Defamation League who works with students at Northwestern, said even though there’s not an encampment, those memories are still raw.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2025
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Columbia last spring became a hotspot of pro-Palestinian protest activity when an encampment supporting Gaza launched a national wave of demonstrations, which college administrators struggled to contain.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Flophouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flophouse. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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