roommate
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Alex Hubben made it a priority, and he was willing to take on a roommate to do it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
He has since found a roommate who helps pay a substantial portion of the mortgage.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
On the day of his “Transformers” audition, Cullen had mentioned to Larry, his roommate at the time, that he was on his way to try out to be the voice of “a hero truck.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Woke 1 is a colleague at a public-relations firm starting a GoFundMe to escape a “toxic roommate situation.”
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2026
He was in the bed nearer the door, separated by a curtain from his roommate: the Hampden County postmaster, as we later discovered, who was in for a prostate operation.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
They became roommates and teammates, debuting in the same year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen reminisced about working two jobs, living with roommates and eating ramen after college.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026
Mallot handed over a letter with biographical information for all four roommates, including credit scores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
I had roommates, boyfriends, best friends and involved parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
One of their roommates, Bobby, gave them a ride to the border of the valley on Hannibal the elephant.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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