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Recent Examples of favela
Rio is home to at least 800 favelas, historically low-income neighborhoods, which house more than 20% of the city’s population.
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Constance Malleret, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
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
Braga will play Valeria Melo, a professional driver with family connections to a gang that runs a favela in Brazil.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
In 2016, more than 70,000 were displaced from Rio de Janeiro’s favelas to make way for the event.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
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Constance Malleret, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
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
Braga will play Valeria Melo, a professional driver with family connections to a gang that runs a favela in Brazil.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
In 2016, more than 70,000 were displaced from Rio de Janeiro’s favelas to make way for the event.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for favela
Noun
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The text came from inside a Panamanian government outpost, set hours away from the country’s capital, on the edge of the Darien jungle.—
Lomi Kriel,
ProPublica,
12 Mar. 2025
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The standalone villas have spacious living areas with floor-to-ceiling windows, fully outfitted kitchenettes for private dining, and outdoor heated swimming pools with secluded terraces surrounded by lush jungle vegetation.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While surveying the demolished shantytowns, the top French official in Mayotte at first announced that hundreds, if not thousands, had likely perished.—
Julie Bourdin,
New York Times,
25 Dec. 2024
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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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In a priority to reduce homelessness, Best said the city created a new position to address the issue, and 120 encampments had been cleared from the San Diego River corridor.—
Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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Authorities claimed Amiri released his dog in August 2020 on a man who appeared to be sleeping in a homeless encampment tent.—
Nate Gartrell,
The Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Favela.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favela. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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