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as in house
the place where one lives
as long as you're living under my roof, you'll obey my rules
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
fed and roofed the emergency volunteers for a week
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Recent Examples of roof
Jessica Hasbun, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Desert Modernism Architecture Tours Palm Springs proper is a fantastic destination for architecture zealots: Desert Modernism is the prevailing style, a minimalist pastiche of flat or butterfly roofs, open floor plans and a blissful blend of indoor and outdoor spaces.
—David Weiss, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
Carlsson settled a chaotic sequence calmly and roofed a backhand from close range for his first goal, and then carried the puck across three zones before pulling up for a precise shot from just above the right faceoff dot.
—Andrew Knoll, Orange County Register, 3 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Moments later, pendant lights suspended from the ceiling start to collapse, along with the entire roof overhead.
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Dreyer roofed the shot, his second scoring strike with the left foot.
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For a daybed that almost functions as a hammock, this sling-style piece is complete with a canopy and two throw pillows.—
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Photo : Matthew Millman The sharp angles of the roof contrast with the soft canopies of the surrounding trees.—
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Abrego Garcia finishes a shift at a job site in Baltimore and picks up his 5-year-old son from his grandmother’s house.—
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For his first day of work in June 1999, Scott Smith arrived at the makeshift bat factory, a three-level brick corner house in Ottawa with a stop sign sprouting up from the tree-lawn shrubs.—
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Thus, trade wars shelter a nation’s less competitive firms while hurting the sales of its more competitive ones.—
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The ongoing siege has forced as many as 185,000 people to flee their homes as of March, according to the U.N. Thousands of displaced people are now sheltering in makeshift sites, including schools and public buildings.—
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Temporary tents for weddings and other events might be placed adjacent to the mansion on the lake view side and Sheridan-facing side, and during those times, the tent area will be off-limits to the public.—
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Bear in mind, a tent does not protect you from lightning.—
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Letters may be up to 200 words and must be signed with your email address, city of residence and daytime phone number for verification.—
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Lima located a woman in a nearby residence who was suffering from smoke inhalation and was able to help her out of her house.—
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Modern mainframes offer significant processing power, handling up to 30,000 transactions per second, and can accommodate substantial data with up to 40 terabytes of memory.—
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Sanders spokesperson Anna Bahr said in an email the event moved to accommodate a larger-than-expected crowd as the tour has drawn tens of thousands of attendees.—
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From the foyer, an ethanol fireplace encased in slabs of polished stone anchors a lounge beneath ceilings over 10 feet high.—
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Dominican public figures from the worlds of music, politics, and sport are among those who were killed when the ceiling caved in an hour into merengue singer Rubby Pérez’s midnight headline show at the Jet Set club.—
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The case involved the denial of a rezoning request to build multifamily dwellings in the upscale Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights.—
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Perriand was in charge of the interiors of the dwelling, designed by the architect Junzo Sakakura, including the large sofa in the main reception room.—
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“Roof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roof. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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