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Historically nomadic herders, many Bedouins now reside in a constellation of cities and hamlets throughout southern Israel, some of which lack basic government services like running water and electricity.—
Aaron Boxerman,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2025 -
Archaeologists discovered numerous traces of the medieval hamlet, including cooking pots, storage vases, millstones used to grind grain, and carbonized remnants of cereal grains and legumes.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 Jan. 2025
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Each of the 67 rooms boasts charming village and serene harbor views, and some even have their own private patios to take a languid coffee in the morning.—
Ariel Okin,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2025
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Investigators later learned the family traveled to London and the Island of Jersey in the English Channel before ending up at a remote Iceland fishing village.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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If Great Bend failed to achieve the notoriety of Dodge City or other cow towns, Moses’s fellow citizens gave him much of the credit.—
Katy Roberts,
Washington Post,
29 July 2024
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And while Livingston is far from a cow town — more like a fancy-fly-rod-and-real-estate town — Campione still stands out.—
Melissa Clark,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2023
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“Podunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Podunk. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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