hostel
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Her mother and grandmother are still living in a hostel seven years later -- just two of the many thousands of people evacuated from ruined buildings to cramped temporary lodgings.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Nearby, a woman wept as she embraced a framed picture of her deceased relatives, while another family scattered rose petals at the ruins of the hostel in honour of their son.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Some passengers shared small, quadruple-occupancy cabins with strangers, complete with bunk beds reminiscent of a cut-rate youth hostel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Derby Homes said for working hostel tenants, contributions towards accommodation costs were a standard feature of the system and reflected the wider housing model.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
“You’re both worn out. You should go back to the hostel and sleep if you can.”
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
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The first U.S. case of Andes virus actually occurred in January 2018, in a woman who had stayed in cabins and youth hostels in the Andes region of Argentina and Chile.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
The pair left Derby in 2014 but said they were shocked to see the same people living in the homeless hostels on their return.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
However, Alan disputed this and said the people he saw in hostels had been "trapped in that same position for 12 years".
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Of those, 76 were under the age of one, while 19 were living in hostels, hotels or B&Bs when they died.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
With blueprints in hand he tramped through the Japanese community—to hostels, trailer courts, other housing projects like ours— trying to find families who would invest in it.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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Her parental father and his family retinue, large and small, married and unmarried, were hosteled on the 12th floor of the Waldorf.
From Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' by Hay, Douglas (Douglas N.)
Created last year, the place represents a subtrend in haute hosteling: an offsite annex of swish private rooms set up by an established traditional hostel — in this case the Violeta Hostel.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2013
When “Should I Stay or Should I Go” blasted from the sound system, it summarized my ambivalence toward the hostel — and about the haute hosteling concept in general.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2013
In fact he devoted a whole chapter of his guide to hostelling.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2018
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