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flooring

[flawr-ing, flohr-] / ˈflɔr ɪŋ, ˈfloʊr- /


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Lauren Wallace, an criminologist with the Los Angeles Police Department, said she found evidence of blood on gym mats and flooring inside the garage at the artist’s Hollywood Hills residence.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

But there are still major problems, including uneven flooring, and they are now desperate to move out of their once-beloved home and into sheltered accommodation.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

National Park Service crews dumped hydrogen peroxide into the water last week and then pieces of the new flooring started breaking loose as crews began vacuuming the pool floor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

It features oak flooring, an open floor plan, contemporary finishes, and walls of glass.

From MarketWatch Jun. 8, 2026

It was one of those lofts you see in movies and at parties, the one cavernous nearly-empty room of windows and hardwood flooring, some exposed brick, steam pipes.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Items for which demand was last week reported high: Beer glasses and mugs, mirrors, linen, uniforms for barkeeps and barmaids, cabinet work including paneling for bars, murals, mosaic and composition floorings; also sausage, pretzels, pickles.

From Time Magazine Archive

The houses of Mr. Brooke and the rajah are much superior to any others, having the advantage and comfort of wooden sides and floorings.

From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Frank Marryat

Giving Jake the helm, Dick crawled under the foredeck, where the floorings were drier than anywhere else, and lay smoking and thinking until day broke.

From Brandon of the Engineers by Harold Bindloss

No door, no window, closes and fits well; the floorings frequently exhibit gaps an inch in breadth; and yet rents are very high. 

From A Visit to the Holy Land, Egypt, and Italy by H. W. (Henry William) Dulcken

“You’d have swamped her in another hour or two; the cabin floorings are all awash.”

From The Protector by Harold Bindloss




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