housemate

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Recent Examples of housemate Regularly wash and brush your pet (ideally, have a partner or housemate who does not have allergic asthma do this outside of the home). Daniel More, Verywell Health, 26 Mar. 2025 In recent weeks, prosecutors and the defense have argued over what should be admissible at the trial, including 911 calls and text messages shared by two housemates who were home at the time of the killings but were physically unharmed. Shane Bishop, NBC news, 8 May 2025 Much of the driving force behind their social media interaction stems from their reality TV shows like La Casa de los Famosos, an adaptation of the Celebrity Big Brother format, that invites audience participation, voting for their favorite housemates each week. Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 8 May 2025 In real life, most would-be Proud Boys don’t have cunning, progressive housemates who will throw away their gun parts. Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for housemate
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Noun
  • The roommate — a 57-year-old man — suspected the woman’s ex-boyfriend was responsible, Jones said.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
  • Investigators quickly determined it had been rented using the Bounce storage app by Kelemen’s roommate, Joseph Del Rivo, per the documents obtained by KLAS and the Review-Journal.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Mahnaz’s son is a Tasmanian devil spinning his ticking time bomb energy into entrepreneurial pursuits (running a gambling ring at school), bullying classmates and yelling at any adult that interferes with his forcefield.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
  • In the series, Graham portrays Eddie, a working-class father of two in England whose 14-year-old son (played by an excellent Owen Cooper) is arrested for murdering his female classmate.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • Are roomies Santos and Whitaker about to kill each other?
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
  • When a sketchy new landlord (Eric Bogosian) acquires 123 Sesame Street, roomies Safdie and Bert face a choice between a steep rent hike and eviction.
    David Kamp, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • LeBron James and new playmate Luca Dončić have given the Los Angeles Lake Show life.
    Jack Magruder, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • For kids, anger often shows up when something doesn't go their way—like when a playmate grabs their toy.
    Jenna Autuori-Dedic, Parents, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Wanting to feel that energy and looking for a break from the monotony of his rehab program in Arizona, Steele is planning to make regular visits to Wrigley Field to support his teammates and check in with the club’s staff.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 28 May 2025
  • Fellow Andretti Global teammate Kyle Kirkwood's car also failed inspection.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Lilo, outcast by her schoolmates and coping with a gutting loss, felt the same way.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 21 May 2025
  • The book will be published on Tuesday and features Benny the Bobcat and his schoolmates using fashion as a way to showcase their distinct style.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • One of the Indonesian shipmates recalled a time when a North Korean colleague was finally allowed to go home.
    Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Simpson as clone Walton gamely boasts a long, scraggly wig and barely-there sarong until he’s rescued by his shipmates.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ensure this bias isn’t impacting your female colleagues.
    Susan Rietano Davey, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2025
  • But the third member of the group is Lexi Thompson, who has a much, much slower pace of play than her two colleagues.
    Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025

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