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room

[room, room] / rum, rʊm /




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He’ll also casually ask questions to HBO and DC reps in the room mid-interview that can’t be repeated here because of the implications to the broader franchise.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

It's delicate and gorgeous and strangely intimate in a room of 20,000 people.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Serve warm or at room temperature with whipped cream.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

Through eight flights, 14 days on the road and countless hours in interviews and in the editing room, I got a peek at the moments—both stomach-churning and euphoric—that shaped them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

While my family is fixated on the news, I quietly run to my room.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Bradnam said his first report, in 2020, concerned ventilation and temperature control in rooms with anaesthetic gases.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Between the lack of sun below deck for some nonpilot personnel and rooms packed with triple-bunk beds, the conditions on vessels like the Lincoln can be difficult to bear.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

They attend concerts, meet career coaches, reserve study rooms, download software, join student organizations, and participate in countless campus activities without ever reaching for a wallet.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

A personality hire, maybe to an outsized degree, naturally cares about making rooms better.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

The one in front was a typical tiny old-Haarlem structure, three stories high, two rooms deep, and only one room wide.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

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

At Ole Miss, Hilly and I roomed together for two years before she left to get married and I stayed on to graduate.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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

Chisom is rooming with running back Anthony Frias II and has a connecting door attached to the room of linebacker Ben Perry and running back Troy Leigber, providing ample opportunities to learn about new teammates.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 30, 2025

Back in the fall of 2007, Knox was a 20-year-old student from Seattle, studying in Perugia and rooming with a young British woman named Meredith Kercher.

From Salon Apr. 14, 2025

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

I saw my former roommates, Seanie and JP, waiting in line for pictures, and it made me feel good to see my old friends, but sad, too, because I missed rooming with them.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith




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