boardinghouse
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Then Miller enlisted investment help from his friend, railroad magnate Henry Huntington, transformed the boardinghouse into a hotel and renamed it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
At Mrs. Riley’s boardinghouse, Ryui is taken under the wing of Torajiro “Jack” Baba, a cynical photographer with an avant-garde aesthetic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Soon there was hardly room in his moldering Cotswolds mansion for his second wife, Elizabeth, who eventually moved to a boardinghouse in Torquay, an English working-class seaside resort.
From New York Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
All five of them shared a single room in a Ballard boardinghouse next to the restaurant where her father worked.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
Guiteau asked to borrow $15 to cover his boardinghouse bill.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Bed-and-breakfast hotels turned into cheap boardinghouses, attracting Britain’s sickest and poorest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Activities at recreational camps and boardinghouses were limited by the presence of wildfires in parts of the country, and the industry still hasn’t fully recovered after the declines recorded in May and June.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
Driscoll lived in boardinghouses to avoid cooking and house cleaning.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Her inexhaustible kindness drew customers to her boardinghouses, restaurant and after-hours club, but it was her indomitable strength and discipline that allowed her businesses to flourish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2019
The next morning Mrs. Bedlow led Lyddie down the street past all the corporation boardinghouses to the bridge that led to the factory complex.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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