dormitory
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Sheets, backpacks, and outstretched bodies transform the emblematic seafront promenade into an open-air dormitory for a few hours.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
In 2008 the school borrowed $20 million to build a new dormitory and improve sports facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The room had been used as a dormitory when it was a nuclear bunker and he could "see where the outline of all the beds were".
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Detainees in his dormitory submitted a grievance about commissary prices, Parada Calderon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
To his credit, Elliot didn’t try to ask me a million questions; instead he just turned and disappeared through the dark doorway of the boys’ dormitory.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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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
Two Moroccan women chose to be deported from Cameroon to their home country, leaving 15 migrants spending their days inside dormitories, some in tears, according to lawyers and local activists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
To hear the girls from the other dormitories tell it, Miss Lucy’s diligence put her colleagues to shame.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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