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Recent Examples of roommate
Knox became a public figure after she was convicted and then ultimately acquitted of the 2007 murder of her roommate in Italy.
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Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
The ultimate guide to earning passive income online Early in his career, that meant living with five roommates, sleeping on the floor and driving a 1966 Buick LeSabre.
—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
When the time came to move from her parents’ house to Atlanta with roommates, Carloto was inspired to paint a black accent wall that would eventually become a gallery wall.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 20 Dec. 2024
Mangione would reportedly come and work at the location with his roommates from a nearby co-living space called Surfbreak.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Dec. 2024
The ultimate guide to earning passive income online Early in his career, that meant living with five roommates, sleeping on the floor and driving a 1966 Buick LeSabre.
—Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
When the time came to move from her parents’ house to Atlanta with roommates, Carloto was inspired to paint a black accent wall that would eventually become a gallery wall.
—Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 20 Dec. 2024
Mangione would reportedly come and work at the location with his roommates from a nearby co-living space called Surfbreak.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommate
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Challenge your housemates to a game at the bowling alley at Beartooth Pub & Rec.Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Yet the audience soon comes back to reality to spend a few more scenes with the housemates.William Earl, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024
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On the night Clint died, Kat's friend and Josh's flatmate Aqua (Mary Malone) had seen Clint and Parker embracing on the street, prompting a panicked Clint to call Stagger to get Aqua's address and then follow her home.Megan McCluskey, TIME, 3 Jan. 2025
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Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the hyper-observant Sherlock Holmes, who teams up with his flatmate, Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman), to solve particularly challenging cases and face classic foes like Jim Moriarty (Andrew Scott in a breakout role), all while bickering with each other.Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
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With colleges enrolling more later-in-life students, having athlete classmates who are also later-in-life may seem normal and appropriate.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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Katerina ‘Katy’ Puig, her classmate at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, 19, faces a lifetime of care after a suffering a traumatic brain injury.Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
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When Jason’s ad went viral on Reddit, some accused him of trying to take advantage of his prospective subtenant.Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
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In February 2020, inspectors noted multiple subtenants, wooden pallets and washing machines.Christopher Weber, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
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Several Miami Heat teammates also made the trip to the Camarillo gym.Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Kolesar is always the first to drop the gloves to defend a teammate and is just flat-out better all over the ice than he’s been in previous seasons.Jesse Granger, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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His mother's independence as a nurse who ignored many of the Jim Crow South's racial segregation customs, and his exposure to Black playmates, clerics and, neighboring sharecroppers, formed his eventual embrace of equal opportunity for all Americans.Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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His childhood animal playmates return to remind him about what matters in life, basically harassing him into becoming a better person.Josh Bell, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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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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Hayden’s own GoFundMe is full of the names of industry friends, childhood schoolmates, total strangers and people from around the world.Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
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Instead of heading to morning classes, my high school freshman watched over younger schoolmates whose parents have to work.Ali Martin, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roommate. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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