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room

[room, room] / rum, rʊm /




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Her work surrounded them, and her studio, the grandest space in the house, stood open just beyond the living room.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

The property sprawls across 20,000 square feet and boasts a media room, a 14,000-gallon aquarium, and several other lavish amenities.

From MarketWatch Sep. 21, 2026

It is on display in Lady Grey's study, a room open to the public for guided tours which features a number of figures from the Northern Ireland peace process.

From BBC Sep. 21, 2026

“The room is full of talented guys, so everybody always smells blood,” said Johnson, a fourth-year pro.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2026

Dad’s in his room on the phone; I hear him in a low whisper, softly laughing.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

There were even concerns about rooms with no one in them.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

Stars James Stewart and Shirley Temple bunked down in their studio dressing rooms.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Similarly, Edinburgh figures suggest that 63.2% of rooms have been booked in the same period, down from 80.6% in 2024.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

A steady supply of power is vital for the air conditioners maintaining the right temperature inside Chizay's storage rooms.

From Barron's Sep. 15, 2026

All the rooms are soundproof, but sometimes students leave the door open, just to get some air or show off how well they are playing.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Joshua, who roomed with Blankfein’s son Alexander, launched Vostu, a social networking site for Latin American users.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

I roomed with Stephen Hughes that season but Matt Upson and Alex would come to our room to play PlayStation games when we were in hotels for away matches.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

While working on the reboot, I roomed with the associate producer, Marcy Carriker, who married Tom in 1990.

From New York Times Dec. 28, 2023

He had goaltender Ales Stezka, whom he played against last year in the Extraliga and later roomed with, to chat with during both Kraken camps.

From Seattle Times Sep. 19, 2023

For a while when I was at Elkton Hills, I roomed with this boy, Dick Slagle, that had these very inexpensive suitcases.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger

Four months later, co-chairing the February 2020 National Prayer Breakfast, Suozzi and Moolenaar referred to rooming together.

From Salon May 29, 2026

Moreover, it’s not just young people fresh out of school who are rooming with others to keep their housing costs low.

From MarketWatch Nov. 4, 2025

Having been dubbed “Batman and Robin” in high school, Greenwood and Hamilton remained close at UCLA, rooming together and biking to campus from where they lived in the Fairfax District.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2025

She lived in the same run-down area of seedy rooming houses as Raffo, whom she had befriended on the streets.

From Seattle Times Jul. 30, 2023

I saw my former roommates, Seanie and JP, waiting in line for pictures, and it made me feel good to see my old friends, but sad, too, because I missed rooming with them.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith




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