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motels

  • plural
    of motel.
    motel
    noun
    a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.

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Inside Safe, her signature homeless program, has moved more than 6,200 people into hotels, motels and other interim housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

To expand the program’s reach, the city will need to move away from expensive hotels and motels and toward high-quality homeless shelters, the mayor said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

The city’s overall homeless population rose 3.4% including those the city puts up in motels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

Inside Safe, the mayor’s signature homelessness program, has moved more than 6,000 people into hotels, motels and other types of interim housing since Bass took office in December 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

Men with vacant eyes, bells on diner doors, motels so bleak and lonely they settle in your bones.

From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour