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Recent Examples of housemate
Robert Goon, one of the housemates, had the majority of items taken, including watches, jewelry, rare coins and three handguns.
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Alex Andrejev, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
The defense listed details of Funke’s and Mortensen’s social media and call activity in the hours following their housemates’ deaths.
—Lauren Del Valle, Jean Casarez and Holly Yan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
Everyone in the study began taking their pills once a day within three days of when their housemate first reported symptoms of COVID-19.
—Alice Park, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Image Image The messages provide a chilling new window into what has become an enduring mystery in the quadruple murder case: What were the two surviving roommates doing at the time that their housemates were being killed?
—Mike Baker, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2025
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Alex Andrejev, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
The defense listed details of Funke’s and Mortensen’s social media and call activity in the hours following their housemates’ deaths.
—Lauren Del Valle, Jean Casarez and Holly Yan, CNN, 20 Mar. 2025
Everyone in the study began taking their pills once a day within three days of when their housemate first reported symptoms of COVID-19.
—Alice Park, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Image Image The messages provide a chilling new window into what has become an enduring mystery in the quadruple murder case: What were the two surviving roommates doing at the time that their housemates were being killed?
—Mike Baker, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for housemate
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In the midst of writer’s block, Iris learns to navigate work and grief with a monstrous (also-grieving) new roommate inside her cramped West Village apartment.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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Many founders would rather squeeze into a tiny Brooklyn apartment with three roommates than cross the Hudson.—
Aya Spencer,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The startling trends of men across a range of metrics serves as the cultural context into which Adolescence lets off a gendered bomb: a young boy angrily murders a female classmate who has questioned his masculinity.—
Avivah Wittenberg-Cox,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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No hate crime charges will be brought against the 15-year-old who assaulted his Muslim classmate in Ardrey Kell High School in March, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said Wednesday.—
Jeff A. Chamer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Apr. 2025
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When a sketchy new landlord (Eric Bogosian) acquires 123 Sesame Street, roomies Safdie and Bert face a choice between a steep rent hike and eviction.—
David Kamp,
airmail.news,
11 Jan. 2025
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All but one Essex College roomie, Reneé Rapp (who played Leighton), have returned to reprise their roles as a series regulars, which means Bela (Amrit Kaur), Whitney (Alyah Chanelle Scott) and Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet) will have to rely on each other to make it through sophomore year.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
19 Nov. 2024
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At one point, a White House police officer captured a wild male raccoon and offered him as a playmate: the male, named Rueben, ran away, and Rebecca lived on in stately solitude.—
Katherine Rundell,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Nov. 2024
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While some owners might opt to add a playmate to the mix, not all cats desire having another pet in the house.—
Liz O'Connell,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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Her Japanese teammate, Mone Chiba, was third with 215.24 points while Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn gave the Americans three of the top five.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Dunk’s Brighton teammate Solly March is also expected to be back in contention after missing the 2-2 league draw at Manchester City before the international break.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Almost a decade in the making, and currently in post-production, the film will recount the harrowing story of the nine Charbonneau sisters and their childhood schoolmates who endured horrific abuse at St. Paul’s Indian Mission School in Marty, South Dakota.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
26 Mar. 2025
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In the limited series — which consists of four episodes that take place in real-time and are all achieved with one camera take — Jamie is suspected in the murder of a 13-year-old female schoolmate named Katie.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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In total, 58 of Upton’s shipmates died when the USS Utah quickly sank, and 461 sailors survived.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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That was certainly the case for marine biologist Professor Rochelle Constantine and her colleagues at the University of Auckland, who did not expect to find an octopus riding a shark.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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After financial firms were devastated by the loss of their colleagues in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, their competitors rushed to offer assistance.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Housemate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/housemate. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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