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Recent Examples of roommate
When Ewers spent his lone season in Columbus before transferring to Texas, Sawyer was his roommate.
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Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
Ohio State with the play of the game Andrew Greif
Facing fourth down, just eight yards from tying the game, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers dropped back to pass but fumbled under the pressure of Jack Sawyer, Ewers's former roommate at Ohio State in 2021.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2025
This is particularly good for roommates who have different budgets, and everyone shops with their tastes and finances in mind.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2025
Then, he was picked up by his former college roommate and Packers coach LaFleur.
—James Boyd, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2025
Ohio State with the play of the game Andrew Greif
Facing fourth down, just eight yards from tying the game, Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers dropped back to pass but fumbled under the pressure of Jack Sawyer, Ewers's former roommate at Ohio State in 2021.
—Andrew Greif, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2025
This is particularly good for roommates who have different budgets, and everyone shops with their tastes and finances in mind.
—Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2025
Then, he was picked up by his former college roommate and Packers coach LaFleur.
—James Boyd, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roommate
Noun
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Challenge your housemates to a game at the bowling alley at Beartooth Pub & Rec.—
Stephanie Rosenbloom,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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Yet the audience soon comes back to reality to spend a few more scenes with the housemates.—
William Earl,
Variety,
17 Dec. 2024
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On the night Clint died, Kat's friend and Josh's flatmate Aqua (Mary Malone) had seen Clint and Parker embracing on the street, prompting a panicked Clint to call Stagger to get Aqua's address and then follow her home.—
Megan McCluskey,
TIME,
3 Jan. 2025
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Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the hyper-observant Sherlock Holmes, who teams up with his flatmate, Dr. John Watson (Martin Freeman), to solve particularly challenging cases and face classic foes like Jim Moriarty (Andrew Scott in a breakout role), all while bickering with each other.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
27 Sep. 2024
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With colleges enrolling more later-in-life students, having athlete classmates who are also later-in-life may seem normal and appropriate.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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Katerina ‘Katy’ Puig, her classmate at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, 19, faces a lifetime of care after a suffering a traumatic brain injury.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
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When Jason’s ad went viral on Reddit, some accused him of trying to take advantage of his prospective subtenant.—
Kate Talerico,
The Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2024
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In February 2020, inspectors noted multiple subtenants, wooden pallets and washing machines.—
Christopher Weber,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Jan. 2024
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Several Miami Heat teammates also made the trip to the Camarillo gym.—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Kolesar is always the first to drop the gloves to defend a teammate and is just flat-out better all over the ice than he’s been in previous seasons.—
Jesse Granger,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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Carter, who campaigned as a moderate on race relations but governed more progressively, talked often of the influence of his Black caregivers and playmates but also noted his advantages: His land-owning father sat atop Archery's tenant-farming system and owned a main street grocery.—
Brian Smith,
arkansasonline.com,
29 Dec. 2024
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The Carters were the only white family in Archery, and his playmates were the children of Black tenant farmers.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
29 Dec. 2024
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In total, 58 of Upton’s shipmates died when the USS Utah quickly sank, and 461 sailors survived.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
28 Dec. 2024
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Svoboda was told the engineers were crucial in keeping the ship from capsizing by counter-flooding the engine room, essentially sacrificing themselves to save as many shipmates and ships around them as possible.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Dec. 2024
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Hayden’s own GoFundMe is full of the names of industry friends, childhood schoolmates, total strangers and people from around the world.—
Cindy Carcamo,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
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Instead of heading to morning classes, my high school freshman watched over younger schoolmates whose parents have to work.—
Ali Martin,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Dec. 2024
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“Roommate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roommate. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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