boarding house
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The great playwright’s drama about a Pittsburgh boarding house comes to Broadway in an uneven production starring Taraji P. Henson and Cedric the Entertainer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
The play takes place almost entirely within a boarding house in Pittsburgh in 1911.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Recognising Nigeria's deeply religious society, Charterhouse also permits parents to take their children home from the boarding house for Sunday church services, with the expectation that they return by Monday morning.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2025
They had run a boarding house in Coatesville, but abandoned the business and left town as the scandal garnered national attention, she said.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2024
They let rooms in a tidy little boarding house not far from the Exchange and tried every new food they saw, stuffing themselves sick on quince candy.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
