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call house

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as in bawdy house

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She was convicted of prostitution and keeping a bawdy house, according to the DHS.

— Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
All of the women working in the bawdy houses are modest and never look lascivious because, Lord knows, that would be horrific.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2025

Definition of bawdy house

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For families While there’s no kids’ club, and Amangani’s chic decor feels distinctly adult, the hotel welcomes families with open arms, and suites are plenty large enough for a crib or rollaway bed.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
That means placing the baby on their back in their own crib or bassinet, without soft bedding or other objects around them.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

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Gross was suspected of a gruesome murder of Ying Li, an employee at a massage parlor who was beheaded in her Northland apartment.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Investigators went to the massage parlor and located the suspect, identified as 50-year-old Liangfu Zheng of Napa.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026

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Did something happen in her youth that might inform why Cathy, after marrying Adam, goes on to shoot him, leave their newborns, join a brothel, slowly poison the madam, and then take her job?

— Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
Detectives arrested the courier at a brothel on Riverside Drive, according to a police report.

— Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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