roommate
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There is no one to split housing costs with unless we are comfortable with a roommate.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026
While walking through a press box at a game, he bumped into his brother’s old college roommate, T.J.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
The police acted on a suspect description given to police in 2010 by the roommate of one victim, Amber Costello, after she had a run-in with a client.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
That’s what Auf der Maur’s roommate told her the night she came home after thinking that she had offered a sincere but thoughtful declination to the suggestion that she become the bass player in Hole.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
"I'm George Bakewell. I go to your church. You dated my roommate once at Amherst."
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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