flatmate
Britishnoun
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Back in Setagaya, Ryua says she is happy living with her ghostly flatmate.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Greenaway, a former martial arts teacher from Poole, and Laver, his one-time flatmate and recently living in Ferndown, were both painted by their defence teams as playing a supporting role.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Of course this isn't the case for all house-shares - but she thinks having an emotionally distant flatmate can make people "even more lonely" than if they lived alone.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
The best she and her flatmate could do, she says, is to have movie nights in a box room that they also use to hang their washing.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
“My flatmate doesn’t know that I’ve lost my job. So I go into London, as usual, and I go to libraries, to job hunt, to work on my CV.”
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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