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Recent Examples of hoganThe first design was a celebration of multiple architectural styles, from the Navajo’s hogans to the Great Plains tribes’ tipis.—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023 Descheenie, who is from Chinle, said his mother was born in a hogan, traditional Diné home, and because of this she was never given a birth certificate.—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2022 Born in a hogan, Laughter had no birth certificate, didn't drive, had no electric or water service at her home in the Navajo Nation and paid no property taxes.—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2022 The family’s farm plot and hogan are now several hundred feet under Lake Powell, along with tens of thousands of cultural sites and burials.—Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022 See All Example Sentences for hogan
Pods, cabins, wigwams, huts, and treehouses are also available.
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Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Its layout also ties the home to its earthly landscape; the living room is inspired by the Native American wigwam, with elements including a central fireplace and a hole in the top to let the smoke out.
While there are several accommodations in the national park, traditional lodgings here were bare-bones mountain huts intentionally designed for discomfort for religious reasons.
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Olivia Young,
AFAR Media,
20 May 2025
Along with these items, Caribbean hut also offers vegetarian options like curry tofu and a veggie platter.
The three-story clubhouse would be about 50,000 square feet and would have a reception area, surf academy, fitness facility, yoga center, administration offices, staff areas, locker rooms, retail store, restaurant, a coffee bar/snack shack and other incidental uses.
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Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
30 May 2025
Courtesy of Akasha Song José walked with him through the trees to a shack where pounds and pounds of jurema inner root bark were laid out to dry on tarps the size of a living room floor.
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Students locate ancient Roman army camp beyond empire’s northern border.
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Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
Accommodations range from double-occupancy Mountain King and Bunk Rooms to connecting suites designed for families and groups, each with modern features such as workspaces, mini fridges, and wool camp blankets.
The motion picture world of today reminds me of Rio – opulent penthouses (big IP) on one side of the street, and hovels (independent movies) on the other.
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Bill Mechanic,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
Ted Kaczynski, a brilliant but mentally troubled mathematician who had retreated years earlier to a remote hovel in Montana, had been arrested based on information from a tipster to the F.B.I., ending one of the longest and most expensive manhunts in American history.
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Serge F. Kovaleski,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
In 1863, police officers ordered many residents out of their shanties.
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Robert Loerzel,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
The ensuing brutal crackdown killed thousands — many of the victims were young men from impoverished shanty towns, shot by police and rogue gunmen as part of a campaign to target dealers.
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