hostel

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She plans to stay in South Korea for a few more weeks until BTS’s next show in a Seoul suburb next month, volunteering to work at a hostel to save on lodging costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Ivan was working at a 52-room hostel, Seely Hirst House in Nottingham, when Calocane approached the building and tried to prise open one of the windows.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The inquiry heard Calocane had asked "what sort of building it was", to which Ivan responded it was hostel, and told him to return later, at 09:00, when social workers would be there.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Irshad Ahmed, a 49-year-old pilgrim, told AFP he was staying at a hostel in Tehran when he saw missiles being fired nearby.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

In July of 1990, the ANC received information that hostel dwellers belonging to the Inkatha Freedom Party were planning a major attack on ANC members in Sebokeng Township in the Vaal Triangle on July 22.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela