Example Sentences

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The hotel has been housing asylum seekers in spells since October 2022.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

The church has been housing and assisting hundreds of asylum-seekers that have traveled to the Pacific Northwest since January 2023, driven by the knowledge that one Methodist church south of Seattle will get them help.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024

In the southern town of Khan Younis, which has been housing thousands of displaced families including from heavily bombarded northern Gaza, streets were packed with people on the move.

From Reuters • Nov. 24, 2023

West Side Rag reported that the hotel has been housing 400 adult migrants since mid-June.

From Washington Times • Sep. 3, 2023

The mansion of my soul has been housing phantoms all the night.

From A Tramp's Sketches by Graham, Stephen