hostel
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Since then, I’ve corresponded with Nimblewill Nomad, the record holder and caretaker of a hostel at Flagg Mountain, the start of the Pinhoti Trail in Alabama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
Shailendra Baral, his school hostel supervisor, told AFP that as a young boy Purja had been "fearless and committed to achieving something".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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
Andy Primrose, who runs a small hostel on Ulva, said the bumper year had boosted small businesses on the island.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Although there had been a handful of Indian students at Fort Hare, they stayed in a separate hostel and I seldom had contact with them.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
They were soon joined by young, adventurous backpackers, who filled hostels and traveled on the cheap.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
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
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
There were a couple of hostels, giant projects built by the government for housing migrant workers.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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 Douglas (Douglas N.) Hay
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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