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roommate

[room-meyt, room-] / ˈrumˌmeɪt, ˈrʊm- /
NOUN
companion
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Taylor, the songwriter, met Langley through a roommate near the start of the pandemic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

The roommate, Dave Schaller described the client - a large man who he said looked like "an ogre" and drove a first-generation Chevrolet Avalanche, a unique vehicle.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

That’s what Auf der Maur’s roommate told her the night she came home after thinking that she had offered a sincere but thoughtful declination to the suggestion that she become the bass player in Hole.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

“He was a random roommate and we never had a conversation with him once,” Hopper told The Times in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Which was lucky, because the brutally skinny chicken carcass turned out to be her new roommate.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby




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