abode
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In 2014, she snapped up two penthouses in the chic Tribeca neighborhood for about $20 million and combined them into a nine-bedroom, nine-bath abode with beamed ceilings, a curved staircase, and enormous windows.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
There are multiple structures on the property, including several guest dwellings in addition to the primary abode.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
He’s now a professor of modern history at the University of St. Andrews, the sort of place that might send a shudder down the fellowship at his former abode.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Hindus regard Kailash as the abode of deities Shiva and Parvati, while Tibetan Buddhists associate it with Mount Meru, which they say is the centre of the universe.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Two minutes later he walked out again accompanied by Buddy Gabaldon, and they pulled away from the headquarters heading for Snuffy Ledoux’s humble adobe abode on the west side of town.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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But South Korea's heatwave has made it uninhabitable, forcing him to seek refuge under a makeshift tarp just a stone’s throw from Gangnam’s gleaming skyscrapers, where the wealthy remain cool in their aloof abodes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026
Farmers, who start adjusting their sleep schedules ahead of time, often work through the night to pluck the grapes from their leafy abodes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
It is unclear whether this incident prompted Pitt to begin looking at other abodes, or if he was already in discussions to buy the Keuning property.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2025
The two own several homes across the U.S. as well as luxurious abodes in Europe and Australia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
When people took sick, their temperatures rose and caused the body lice to seek more hospitable abodes.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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