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Recent Examples of Hooverville
Our lead, Joe Rance (Callum Turner), trudges to campus from a Hooverville; later, the coach Al Ulbrickson (Joel Edgerton), pokes around his crew’s lockers to count the holes in their shoes.
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Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Hooverville
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For the kingdom, the bombings and the individuals that perpetrated them—native Moroccans from the city’s hardscrabble shantytowns—were a wake-up call.—
Ilan Berman,
Foreign Affairs,
12 May 2016
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When the government has demolished shantytowns, citizens have been relocated, but undocumented immigrants have not, UNICEF said.—
Julie Bourdin,
New York Times,
25 Dec. 2024
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The Inca dominated Peru’s Andes Mountains and jungles for centuries.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Jan. 2025
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For the people of the Alto Juruá, the fer-de-lance is a grim reality of the dangers of life in the jungle.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, Jefferson Parish council members passed a new law yesterday banning encampments.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Axios,
16 Jan. 2025
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Louisiana authorities are clearing homeless encampments around the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans ahead of next month’s Super Bowl.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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Rio is home to at least 800 favelas, historically low-income neighborhoods, which house more than 20% of the city’s population.—
Constance Malleret,
The Christian Science Monitor,
16 Dec. 2024
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Back then the Brazilian government was trying to entice families to leave overcrowded urban favelas and make their homes in the forest.—
Rebecca Shaw,
TIME,
9 Oct. 2024
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“Hooverville.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hooverville. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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