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Recent Examples of motor lodge
So in January 2020, the couple bought a run-down Cayucos motor lodge called the Dolphin Inn and then spent the next two and a half years transforming it.
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
Lake Shore Resort first opened as a motor lodge in the 1950s, and today it's run by the third generation of its founding family.
—Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
On this trip, my friend picked us up—me and the baby—from our retro motor lodge on a hill.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Best Roadside Lodging High Country Motor Lodge This new motor lodge off Route 66 in Flagstaff melds vintage style, contemporary design, and an adventurous spirit.
—Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
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Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
Lake Shore Resort first opened as a motor lodge in the 1950s, and today it's run by the third generation of its founding family.
—Dan Koday, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
On this trip, my friend picked us up—me and the baby—from our retro motor lodge on a hill.
—Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024
Best Roadside Lodging High Country Motor Lodge This new motor lodge off Route 66 in Flagstaff melds vintage style, contemporary design, and an adventurous spirit.
—Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motor lodge
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Built in 1939, this is a true motor inn, with garages between the rooms for parking your car.—
Catherine Garcia,
theweek,
19 July 2024
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This retro spot opened in 1956 as a motor inn and today offers modern amenities along with vintage charm.—
Catherine Garcia,
theweek,
2 May 2024
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Fewer still remember the traditions of autocamps and tourist courts.—
Andrew Wood,
Smithsonian,
30 June 2017
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By the 1930s and ‘40’s, cottage courts (also known as tourist courts) emerged as a classier alternative to dingy cabin camps.—
Andrew Wood,
Smithsonian,
30 June 2017
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To further address youth housing affordability, the government will continue its Youth Hostel Scheme, which subsidizes non-governmental organizations’ renting of hotels and guesthouses for use as youth hostels.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
16 Oct. 2024
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After all, youth hostels have been around for over a century.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2024
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Jason Sessoms initially told police that a man had entered the motel room and killed his parents, according to court documents..—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
1 Apr. 2025
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Police believe Perez was a small-time drug dealer who sold mostly weed and some MDMA, more commonly referred to as Molly, from his motel room.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2025
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This tranquil spa offers primarily modern services though there are a few options like the 17th Century Replenish or the 19th Century Relinquish that can take you back to the spa treatments of yore.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
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In season 3, spa manager Belinda Lindsey (Natasha Rothwell) kicks back with a copy of Thomas Erikson’s Surrounded by Narcissists.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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No accommodations were offered, and so kids that needed learning help simply didn’t get it.—
Jesse Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Dec. 2024
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The money will pay for airfare, cultural excursions, transportation, food and hotel accommodations.—
La Risa R. Lynch,
Journal Sentinel,
24 Dec. 2024
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Eliot and his family bought an undeveloped plot of land next to the Harvard Club and employed architect Harold Field Kellogg to design a nine-story apartment hotel that would loom majestically over the Back Bay’s picturesque skyline.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Palazzo Planeta One of Sicily’s most important winemaking families has turned their former residence into a comfortable apartment hotel with nine apartments and four suites.—
Laura Itzkowitz,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Nov. 2024
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Monroe County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found stuffed into a closet Monday at a Florida Keys resort.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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There’s been some speculation about both the timeline of the shooting and the boats that leave the resort, based mostly on the fact that none of the departing guests seem to be panicking about people being killed.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Motor lodge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motor%20lodge. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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