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“When you’ve got five kids, and usually a houseful of friends hanging out, flexibility is imperative.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
He also managed a visit to see his gran, as well as welcoming a houseful of well-wishing visitors.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
Admittedly, a houseful of teenagers piloting their own lives sounds risky, even with staff on site, and choosing the right kids for this program will be key to its success.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
While Odysseus' wife is being badgered by a houseful of uncouth suitors eager to take her husband's place and wealth, the titular hero is trapped on the island of the goddess Calypso.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2022
Soon he would be surrounded by a houseful of independent American women.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Local swains were asking as much as $1,300 in British gold sovereigns* in addition to housefuls of fathers' furniture as the price of their devotion.
From Time Magazine Archive
For in the spring a kind Providence sent in the Muirs and the Bremans with housefuls of children, to the ranchers' disgust, for they foresaw ploughed fields and barbed-wire fences cramping their unlimited ranges.
From The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills by Connor, Ralph
I would never behave that way, and housefuls to fall into my hand.
From New Irish Comedies by Gregory, Lady
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