dormitory
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On Sunday Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said both residential and non-residential buildings had been damaged in the latest attacks, including a supermarket and a dormitory.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
This subterranean dormitory is run by Halyna Mysnyk, a 44-year-old subway employee in a red hat and a navy fleece.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Kenya has a long history of school fires - just two years ago at least 21 people died in a dormitory fire in central Kenya.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
"There are no military facilities, special services, or related services near the dormitory," he added.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
Wherever she was, at work, in the food line, in the dormitory, Betsie spoke to those around her about His nearness and His yearning to come into their lives.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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
The new rules do not apply to notorious "coffin homes", cubicles stacked on top of each other like bunk beds in shabby dormitories.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Its gymnasium and dormitories need repairs and upgrades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Lights began to appear in the girls' dormitories, like the bursting of luminous seeds flung broadside by an invisible hand.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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