dormitory
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In 2008 the school borrowed $20 million to build a new dormitory and improve sports facilities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
A student in Huanggang told the BBC that he had thought it was "just an ordinary thunderstorm", until he saw "things started flying through the air outside" the dormitory window.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Detainees in his dormitory submitted a grievance about commissary prices, Parada Calderon said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
The affected dormitory had shattered windows, blackened walls and a crumpled corrugated iron roof, an AFP journalist saw.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Halfway along the top dormitory passage, Matthias halted.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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According to the university's website, classes for the new term were set to begin on Monday and campus dormitories opened for returning students on Friday.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
One chimpanzee, Yvan, eventually picked up the crystal and deliberately carried it back to the dormitories.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
The new rules do not apply to notorious "coffin homes", cubicles stacked on top of each other like bunk beds in shabby dormitories.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Two Moroccan women chose to be deported from Cameroon to their home country, leaving 15 migrants spending their days inside dormitories, some in tears, according to lawyers and local activists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
On the way to the river are the old dormitories, used for something else now, with their fairy-tale turrets, painted white and gold and blue.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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