dorm
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At the time, the social media tycoon—who founded Facebook from inside his Harvard University dorm room—was worth $13.5 billion.
From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026
In college, I found a treadle machine in an empty dorm room, oiled it and made a blouse and quilt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
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
I let that sink in for a second before entering the dorm that I’d left only an hour ago.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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