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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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On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns.—
Lee-Ann Olwage,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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Younis: The Khan Younis refugee camp is a dense, gray, concrete shantytown, the black waters from sewers running in thin rivulets down the middle of alleys.—
Chris Hedges,
Harpers Magazine,
15 June 2024
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Others have tested them in the jungle, in snow, and while hiking the New Zealand bush with glowing results.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Mar. 2025
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The accommodations are spacious and there is a pool with jungle views alongside dedicated spaces for exercise, yoga, and meditation.—
Kara Markley Sterling,
USA Today,
26 Mar. 2025
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Supporters of Galloway’s bill argued that the city’s enforcement of its ban has been lax, forcing residents and business owners near encampments to confront people experiencing mental illness, using drugs or making customers feel unsafe.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
8 Apr. 2025
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Among the most high profile arrests is green card holder Mahmoud Khalil, the lead negotiator of the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University last spring who graduated in December.—
Lexi Lonas Cochran,
The Hill,
6 Apr. 2025
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Some 17 million people in Brazil live in favelas—informal settlements in peripheral areas around large cities—according to the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).—
Angelica Mari,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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He's lived his entire life in this favela — a word that refers to a native Brazilian shrub — and has been gardening just as long.—
Jill Langlois,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Hooverville.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hooverville. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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