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She said they heard shots from their hotel room but were not sure what was happening until their hotel rang them and told them to "stay in our rooms until further notice".
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
The country also entered the conflict with a relatively low debt load, giving the government room to borrow to fund the military, compensate reservists and keep households and businesses afloat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
The camera rarely moves as we spy charged conversations from a distance, sometimes from another room or from a floor above the characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
“A company with stronger financial backing may have more room to provide extended salary coverage, healthcare benefits, and career transition support.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
He wanted a room, and the innkeeper, on recognizing him, said, "Of course. I'd give you a room if I had to take it away from the most powerful duke in Spain."
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
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"He had an incredible life, his presence was immense. He lit up rooms for 47 years and he will be really missed," he said.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
“It gives you some rest when you are visiting,” he said, adding: “If you have 40 rooms full of paintings, it can be a little boring.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
He said the proclamation would "make it impossible for anybody ever to destroy this incredible space" and prevent future presidents from carrying out any building work on the two rooms.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
The refusal to be ashamed won some rooms on Tuesday.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
Not all had been in concentration camps; some had spent two, three, even four years hidden in attic rooms and back closets here in Holland.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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I recently returned from my 50th college reunion, where my wife and I roomed with my college suitemate, Cardinal Robert McElroy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
"I roomed with 'Thommo' for years, and I've seen him and spent time with him since, and he's genuinely struggling," says Moody.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
His wife and Maria are close and Donald has roomed with Villegas on the road.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2024
While working on the reboot, I roomed with the associate producer, Marcy Carriker, who married Tom in 1990.
From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2023
Miss Bertha roomed upstairs at the Whisnants’ house, so I figured Mr. Billy had put her up to it.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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Four months later, co-chairing the February 2020 National Prayer Breakfast, Suozzi and Moolenaar referred to rooming together.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
Moreover, it’s not just young people fresh out of school who are rooming with others to keep their housing costs low.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2025
Taking a Greyhound bus back to Palo Alto, Lesh whiled away a few years rooming with Constanten and working at the post office as he composed classical music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024
He’s implemented several team-building exercises, including moving players into on-campus dorms for the opening week of training camp and rooming them with guys from other position groups.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 31, 2023
Maybe, I think, I should just walk around for a while and then go back to the rooming house.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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