dorm

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Marfisee and her students walked through the surrounding neighborhood, went cot to cot in the women’s dorm and held two informational sessions in December and January to answer patients’ questions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

By 2024, he was working at a sweater factory, sending money home, and returning from his dorm with chocolates for his infant daughter, spending evenings watching cartoons on TV.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

As a first-year computer science student in Hanoi, Hoang Le started trading crypto from his university dorm room, egged on by his gamer friends who were making a killing.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

His new gig coincided with the release of Date Drop, a matchmaking platform that launched in September and immediately took over conversation in the dorm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

I stood there a moment longer before turning back to my own door and creeping into the dorm.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin