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hostel

[hos-tl] / ˈhɒs tl /
NOUN
lodging
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Her mother and grandmother are still living in a hostel seven years later -- just two of the many thousands of people evacuated from ruined buildings to cramped temporary lodgings.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

Nearby, a woman wept as she embraced a framed picture of her deceased relatives, while another family scattered rose petals at the ruins of the hostel in honour of their son.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Students pass the hostel on their way to lectures as aeroplanes rumble overhead every few minutes.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

Something about shared bathrooms, showers and bunk mates screams college and hostel life.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

This building was barely a hostel, and a spare one at that.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

But after not hearing from her for two days, dad Nic frantically rang around hostels where she had been staying, before locating her in the intensive care unit of a Goa hospital.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

The first U.S. case of Andes virus actually occurred in January 2018, in a woman who had stayed in cabins and youth hostels in the Andes region of Argentina and Chile.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

The pair left Derby in 2014 but said they were shocked to see the same people living in the homeless hostels on their return.

From BBC May 4, 2026

Of those, 76 were under the age of one, while 19 were living in hostels, hotels or B&Bs when they died.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

The agreement established an independent body to review police actions, created a mechanism to fence in the hostels, and banned the display of “traditional weapons” at rallies.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

Her parental father and his family retinue, large and small, married and unmarried, were hosteled on the 12th floor of the Waldorf.

From Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Rogers of Indiana' by Hay, Douglas (Douglas N.)

Created last year, the place represents a subtrend in haute hosteling: an offsite annex of swish private rooms set up by an established traditional hostel — in this case the Violeta Hostel.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2013

When “Should I Stay or Should I Go” blasted from the sound system, it summarized my ambivalence toward the hostel — and about the haute hosteling concept in general.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2013

In fact he devoted a whole chapter of his guide to hostelling.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2018




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