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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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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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Some migrants said their passports and most of their cellphones were taken away before they were locked in the hotel, denied access to lawyers and told they would soon be sent to a makeshift camp near the Panamanian jungle.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
19 Feb. 2025
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Dorrigo’s involvement with the book launch stirs up vivid memories of his time in the Thai jungle, lobbying in vain with the Japanese command to improve conditions for the men, many of them suffering from dysentery, malnutrition and malaria.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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The public health advisor and DCR field staff assess the risk encampments pose to the public and the environment after receiving a report of the sites.—
Chris Van Buskirk,
Boston Herald,
15 Feb. 2025
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The original tented encampment has long since turned into a permanent neighborhood of cinderblock houses, with children running through the narrow, muddy streets beneath a tangle of electrical wires overhead.—
Jawad Rizkallah,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2025
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For favelas like Parque Arará, that can be a problem.—
Jill Langlois,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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But in Rio's more than 1,000 low-income favelas, their high cost and heavy weight meant they weren't even considered a possibility.—
Jill Langlois,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Hooverville.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hooverville. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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