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Recent Examples of lean-toThe 400-square-foot building, sandwiched between two brick houses, was a two-chair barbershop in the early 1930s, with the Cassady family crammed into a lean-to on the back.—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025 Out back, a fence will soon hug the tiny porch where visitors will still be able to see the lines on the brick where the lean-to’s roof was formerly affixed.—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025 Another big advantage the Roof Space construction offers is a fuller dome tent stretching from end to end without a lean-to-style hard lid.—New Atlas, 11 Mar. 2025 If possible, move your grill indoors, such as inside a garage, shed, or beneath a carport or lean-to.—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2024 For example, Tatiana Trouvé’s ongoing installation Between Sky and Earth—the former woodland camp of a being called The Guardian, who left behind bronze objects like books, shoes, and a lean-to—originated elements of several newer works.—Kate Dwyer, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024 The 400-square-foot building, sandwiched between two brick houses, was a two-chair barbershop in the early 1930s, with the Cassady family crammed into a lean-to on the back.—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 13 Mar. 2025 In late September, migrants battled rain and filth from their camping tents and makeshift lean-tos.—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024 Instead, the family only made it as far as Mexico City and were stuck, in late September, living in a tent in plaza crowded with dozens of other tents and lean-tos, where people from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti, Angola and other countries were all struggling to keep out the rain.—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 13 Oct. 2024
While there was a higher body count in Taormina and Thailand, in terms of work culture Maui seems to be the most loosey-goosey of the resort locations with the staff going down K-holes and sleeping with guests in beachside huts.
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Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
They are thought to live in three groups in both large communal huts and more informal shelters on the beach.
There’s this little shack down near my place in Mexico.
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Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
At the Flora-Bama, everybody’s welcome, and for many folks, their first pilgrimage to this sprawling shack on the beach begets a second one—and maybe a hundred more after that.
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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Kathleen Magramo,
CNN,
11 Mar. 2025
Those who stayed on Goose Island upgraded from shanties to frame cottages and two-story houses.
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.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2025
Well nuclear is back, because AI needs it, not because peasants risk freezing in their hovels.
The Isle of Harris, farther south from North Uist, is also a great place to catch them wandering along the beach, says Jackie Robertson, the owner of Knoydart House, an award-winning, luxury, self-catering cottage in Mallaig, Scotland.
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Emese Maczko,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
This has led to a growth in private development of new student housing with many older cottage style houses being demolished to make way for boxy duplexes.
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Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2025
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