house
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The soldier’s unit was stationed in a house some 400 yards away, Tyshchenko said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
When the fire alerts sounded on telephones, "I thought everything was going to burn, the house and everything," she said at the sports hall, where they sat dozing and eating snacks.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
"You don't even have to leave the house for that," she says, "and they love it."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
In L.A. and elsewhere that meant a lot of artists in the front and back of the house working for incredibly low wages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Maggie had been headed to her aunt and uncle’s house to use their outdoor cooking setup.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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The streets were deserted, metal shutters drawn and houses closed up, as wildfires drove residents and tourists away during the peak summer season.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
"Police came banging on the doors of all the houses," he said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
The group created five business units known as creative houses, each with its own leadership team focusing on specific types of games to reduce complexity and streamline decision-making.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Those staying in hotels, self-catering apartments, holiday lets such as AirBnbs, aparthotels, bed and breakfasts, guest houses and hostels are all eligible.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
I walked through a small village where chickens and gnomes were scattered among little houses with thatched roofs and smoking chimneys.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Ironically, Time Warner’s corporate assets, which have been bought and sold several times since, are now largely housed at Warner Bros.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
At a third factory, housed in renovated Cold War-era buildings in a forest populated with deer, women with long painted nails assemble tiny components for igniters, which trigger the guncotton in the propellant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The building previously housed part of the Debenhams department store, which closed in May 2021 following another fire the previous month.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Roads were closed and residents evacuated as the inferno spread, with about 150 people housed in a cultural centre.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The collection was housed in a series of rooms.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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Polling from the last year suggests healthcare costs remain among the top issues for voters in the November midterms, alongside the rising cost of gas, groceries and housing.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
In 2022, Human Rights Watch reported that New Bell was housing 4,700 prisoners within its crumbling walls - four times its capacity.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
A neurologist named Leonard Schleifer courted him for more than a year to team up on a biotech venture that Schleifer was starting in a one-bedroom apartment at Cornell University’s medical resident housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Truelove was the subject of an in-depth profile in The Times in 2023, capturing his life as a homeless person on the streets of Torrance as he tried to obtain housing, food stamps and healthcare.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
The room was completely open without a partition or a dividing wall in sight and set up like a pie, with each slice of the circle housing something different.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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