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brothel

[broth-uhl, broth-, braw-thuhl, -thuhl] / ˈbrɒθ əl, ˈbrɒð-, ˈbrɔ θəl, -ðəl /


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There, the hard-working seven-person cast of “Dark Noon,” which opened on Monday, spends much of the production’s 105 minutes assembling the edifices of westward-creeping American civilization, from home to brothel to church to jail.

From New York Times Jun. 18, 2024

He’s penned several children’s books and a novella called “The Legend of Diddley Squatt,” loosely inspired by the life of the late comedian Richard Pryor, who grew up in a brothel.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 4, 2023

Of course, his Spanish background was essential to his genius: “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” was named after a brothel in Barcelona, and “Guernica” was a response to a fascist atrocity in the Spanish Civil War.

From Washington Post Mar. 22, 2023

He teamed it with a silver neck chain and earring plus white brothel creepers for extra height.

From BBC Mar. 27, 2022

The sept tempted him no more than the brothel; his own gods kept their temples in the wild places, where the weirwoods spread their bone-white branches.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Bars, brothels, warehouses and religious missions grew around the buildings.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2024

Starting this weekend, brothels and bars will have earlier closing times and a ban on smoking cannabis on the streets in and around the Red Light District comes into force in May.

From BBC Mar. 28, 2023

The unresolved legacy of Japan's colonisation in 1910-45, including restitution for Koreans forced to work at Japanese firms and in military brothels, has long been a source of contention between the two countries.

From Reuters Jan. 12, 2023

The Tabor Opera House quickly grabbed the attention of a bustling, rowdy city full of competing theaters, saloons and brothels.

From New York Times Aug. 11, 2021

Tom Johnson saw this as Mayor of Cleveland; he knew that strict law enforcement against saloons, brothels, and gambling houses would not stop vice, but would corrupt the police.

From A Preface to Politics by Walter Lippmann




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