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hostel

[hos-tl] / ˈhɒs tl /
NOUN
lodging
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Some passengers shared small, quadruple-occupancy cabins with strangers, complete with bunk beds reminiscent of a cut-rate youth hostel.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

A homeless couple say the support system is "very, very broken" and they feel living in a tent is preferable to entering a hostel.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

She plans to stay in South Korea for a few more weeks until BTS’s next show in a Seoul suburb next month, volunteering to work at a hostel to save on lodging costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Ivan was working at a 52-room hostel, Seely Hirst House in Nottingham, when Calocane approached the building and tried to prise open one of the windows.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

“You’re both worn out. You should go back to the hostel and sleep if you can.”

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo




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