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lavatory

[lav-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˈlæv əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /


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One of the residents admitted to breaking the lavatory bowl in October 2023.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

Mr Jackson said six or seven police officers then boarded the plane and he overheard a flight attendant say a woman had been going from one lavatory to the other during the flight.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

Mr. Fleurizard then made his way toward the back of the plane, and he went into a lavatory there, according to court records.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2024

Investigators said that about midway through the Sept. 2, 2023, flight from Charlotte to Boston, the 14-year-old got up to use the main cabin lavatory nearest to her seat but found it was occupied.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

The two men went into the boss’s lavatory leaving the door ajar.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith