houses

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The once thriving village included a chapel, a church, a shop, a pub, a school, a library, a post office and terraced houses.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

The prison is designed to hold more than 3,000 individuals and it currently houses low- and medium-security inmates, according to the CDCR.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

All residents were moved out, and houses and buildings were demolished.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

Convent boarding houses are affordable and clean, but there are rules: curfews, chores and sometimes nuns who vet boyfriends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

It was small, as developments go; just five houses tucked into what were probably originally people's backyards.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott