hogan

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Recent Examples of hogan My hogan has electricity but no running water. Sunny Dooley, Scientific American, 8 July 2020 At the end of this road in Clark Village, the iconic Bears Ears buttes on the horizon, a family of 18, who recently had their home burned down, lives in a single space — a hogan, a single-roomed building that’s the cultural home for the Diné people. The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022 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 See All Example Sentences for hogan
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Noun
  • Other kinds of algorithms underlie the repeating sequences of bent wood arcs that make up Native American wigwams, canoes and cradles.
    Audrey G. Bennett, The Conversation, 10 Aug. 2023
  • President Franklin Delano Roosevelt receives a miniature wigwam at a Boy Scout camp in New York State in 1933.
    NBC news, NBC news, 19 Apr. 2023
Noun
  • The group going above the hut to the left will ascend higher to a saddle below Mount Kemmel and ski a wide, pristine pitch called Springboard.
    Jesse James McTigue, Outside Online, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The new Gathering Grounds coffee hut that opened March 8 is looking to create a new identity from the previous businesses that occupied the space, said owner Danica Strand.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Ginny Wiley, now in her 80s, grew up in her grandfather’s store, a wooden shack called Wiley’s Bait and Tackle, and took it over decades later.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
  • This island leans more rural, with a heavy agriculture presence and a few bonafide seafood shacks.
    Kayleigh Ruller, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Part tipi, part wickiup, and influenced by many architectural styles, a round lodge can block wind, rain, cold, and sun.
    Popular Science, Popular Science, 28 May 2020
  • The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation.
    Popular Science, Popular Science, 28 May 2020
Noun
  • While the four other spots on the starting line are spoken for, the competition between Corbett and Mays will be one of the notable battles to watch in training camp.
    Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The debate has been revisited in recent years with the advent of new trendy hobbies like streaming and e-sports that allow players to engage with their fans outside of training camp autograph signings or meet-and-greet events.
    Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • An adventurous death trip that will magically drive them both from their hovel to the wild mountains and up to New York, from suffocating reality to absolute freedom.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Well nuclear is back, because AI needs it, not because peasants risk freezing in their hovels.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • His drug 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.
    Rob Picheta, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Some shanties are nylon and collapsible while others are wooden and metal structures akin to a small shed.
    Brian Kaiser, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025

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“Hogan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogan. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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