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roommate

[room-meyt, room-] / ˈrumˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm- /
NOUN
companion
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The roommate, Dave Schaller described the client - a large man who he said looked like "an ogre" and drove a first-generation Chevrolet Avalanche, a unique vehicle.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

It would be a seemingly dependable, predictable roommate relationship, and those are hard enough to come by as it is.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

“He was a random roommate and we never had a conversation with him once,” Hopper told The Times in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Maybe I can explain to my tech-savvy roommate that it isn’t her I distrust—it’s every data broker, pricing algorithm and defense agency mining the bits between us.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Vincent lives with three other boarders, including his roommate, schoolteacher Paulus Coenraad Gorlitz.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman




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