dormitory
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In 2008 the school borrowed $20 million to build a new dormitory and improve sports facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Detainees in his dormitory submitted a grievance about commissary prices, Parada Calderon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The 28 May fire tore through the upper floor of a dormitory containing 135 bunk beds and housing 202 students, forcing them to flee through a single doorway after the emergency exit failed to open.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
As night fell, forensic investigations continued as white body bags were brought out and lined up outside the dormitory, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
At least that’s what I thought, until Big Sue saw me in the dormitory.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
Eleven people were arrested on site -— four Poles and seven Ukrainians -- caught in bed around 6:00am local time in makeshift dormitories set up near the machinery.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
One chimpanzee, Yvan, eventually picked up the crystal and deliberately carried it back to the dormitories.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Education Minister Julius Ogamba said preliminary findings indicated that there had been multiple breaches of safety measures at Utumishi Girls' School, including overcrowding in dormitories and a locked exit door.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
For now, he said, families are crowded into a block of 20 buildings with one-room student dormitories roughly six miles away from the camp.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025
By the parking lot next to the girls’ dormitories.
From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy
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