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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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The city will finally lose that shantytown look of rotting shacks.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 21 Aug. 2024
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Elsewhere in the wasteland, Knight Titus and Squire Maximus are on a Vertibird en route to the shantytown of Filly.Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
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Despite having few supplies, the siblings stayed alive in the jungle for 40 days before being found by Colombian soldiers.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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That pull of the past becomes overwhelming in the Peruvian jungle, Paddington is able to trace his roots for the first time.Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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In all three races, critics who cited smash-and-grab robberies, open drug dealing at homeless encampments and other unlawful trends, said the leaders were too soft on crime.Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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The investigation concluded there was little to no discipline regarding encampments and building takeovers at schools including Northwestern, Berkeley, and Rutgers.Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2024
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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
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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
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“Hooverville.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hooverville. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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