motel

He was born in Africa to Indian parents, who brought him to the U.S. at a young age, and bought a motel in Virginia, putting him to work at the age of 14.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

The interview, filmed in a Philadelphia studio dressed up to resemble a seedy motel in a wink at the laptop scandal, quickly became a viral sensation, generating millions of views.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

The address she was given turned out to be a "dingy gross motel", but she says she presumed they would be heading out somewhere else.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

It was not immediately clear whether it was motel staff who alerted authorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026

We start the walk back to the motel together.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

The little hotels, motels and inns along Cambria’s Moonstone Beach Drive have been drawing travelers for more than 60 years, largely because of scenic, driftwood-strewn Moonstone Beach across the street.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

To expand the program’s reach, the city will need to move away from expensive hotels and motels and toward high-quality homeless shelters, the mayor said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

According to the indictment, the Hoovers had strongholds over specific hotels and motels in their territory, including the Stadium Inn & Spas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

One lesson of the pandemic was that hotels and motels mobilized to house the unsheltered were successful in bringing people indoors who were otherwise reluctant to stay in congregate shelters or withstand involuntary hospitalizations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

But to paraphrase Keynes: in the long run, we’ll all be broke, at least those of us who work for low wages and live in exorbitantly overpriced motels.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich