hostel
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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
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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
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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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