roommate
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"I just asked him in person if what he said was true the night before, and he said it was," Robinson's roommate Lance Twiggs told investigators in the taped interview.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
Another college roommate of ours, Jim Bowers, was also there both 50 years ago and this weekend, with his wife, Becky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
The police acted on a description given to police in 2010 by the roommate of Costello, after she had a run-in with a client.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
These people were someone’s bandmate, roommate, and friend, and Thayil’s ability to convey those feelings and that grief had to be difficult to retell and get on the page.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026
She didn’t want to be the roommate who had rent problems.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Ahmadi and Alshafe met on a small boat from France arriving in the UK in June 2025, while Alshafe and Al-Danasurt, who arrived in the UK in October 2024, were roommates at the hotel.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Millennials and members of Gen Z will continue to live with roommates or parents more frequently than previous generations while baby boomers “will soon begin to be a drag on household formations,” Kim’s team wrote.
From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026
The new priest, Dillon Scott Vita, is the son of one of my college roommates, Bill, and his wife, Eileen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
It’s like, “Oh we’re all doing this same thing, we’re all roommates, we’re all in school together, we’re all whatever.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
There was no time to unpack or meet my three roommates; we were due back downstairs immediately.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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