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apartment

[uh-pahrt-muhnt] / əˈpɑrt mənt /


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Sumouni Basu was feeling the “sweltering heat” inside her apartment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

“They can dispute the rent, claim the apartment has serious problems, challenge the notice, ask for more time, etc.,” he adds.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Li visited Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year earlier this year, months after a massive apartment blaze in the north-eastern Tai Po district claimed 168 lives.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Yarovskiy said he would try to repair his own apartment, and the entire family would stay there, even though the apartment has electric heating and the temperature inside often dropped below freezing last winter.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

Then he took his car keys and drove to the boy’s apartment to tell him what he suspected he already knew.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

It would include 175 for-sale, three-story detached single-family homes; 189 rental apartments in a four-story building and 34 rent-restricted apartments in a four-story building.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

He ended up working in real estate, and in 1996 founded Evergrande, which threw itself into mass development, building in-demand apartments across China and capitalising on its rapid wealth accumulation.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Inside empty apartments, benchtops and windows are filmed with dust.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Housing has become scarce and unaffordable in some cities, with more apartments being used as pricey short-term vacation rentals.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

She cleaned apartments and worked for a catering company, both for cash.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart




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