housesit
Americanverb (used without object)
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José Múzquiz, a doctoral student in political science and international relations, has begun to housesit to eliminate housing costs, which had created such financial pressures he used food banks to have enough to eat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023
In 2018, Colin and Kai Frolich left San Francisco for Truckee to housesit for a friend.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2022
I felt the same when my colleague at a relatively new job asked if I wanted to housesit for her.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2020
In addition to dog walking and pet sitting, Rover workers can housesit or do “drop in” visits with animals to feed them, let them out for a few minutes or administer medicine.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2019
In April 1998, when Tomaszewski was 14, the Vilardos asked him to housesit while they went on a week-long vacation to Florida, according to police officials and records.
From Washington Post ● May 23, 2015
In the following months, I lived on couches and housesat, penniless in the brutal Yukon winter.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2019
Sam and Yash have been housesitting for one of their professors while he is on sabbatical overseas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
Then they will stay on for three more weeks in the US, without paying for any overnight accommodation, thanks to further housesitting stints in Connecticut and Brooklyn.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
Gabrielle, the struggling actor, is housesitting at a mansion in the Hollywood Hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
Paris-based Nomador, a housesitting platform, saw a 60% increase in new sitters from the last quarter of 2022 to the first quarter of 2023, CEO Mathilde Ferrari said.
From Reuters ● May 22, 2023
Then I spent a couple of weeks in Manhattan housesitting for my friend while he was visiting his folks in Wisconsin for Thanksgiving.
From Eastern Standard Tribe by Doctorow, Cory
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