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Recent Examples of lean-to
In late September, migrants battled rain and filth from their camping tents and makeshift lean-tos.
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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
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
One evening, the staff arranged sundowner cocktails at one of two rustic lean-tos on the property, a spot with a sweeping view of the mountains and a roaring campfire.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2024
There are also 12 lean-tos on the northern stretch of the trail, between Lake Placid and Long Lake.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2024
Across the road was an encampment of tents and lean-tos along a chain-link fence.
—CBS News, 6 July 2024
Places to Stay Campgrounds Visitors looking to camp have their choice between two campgrounds on Mount Desert Island, one campground on the Schoodic Peninsula, and five lean-to shelters on Isle au Haut.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
History buffs probably won’t be the only ones fascinated as the movie slows down to show how Crockett constructs a lean-to shelter in the wilderness while recovering from his injuries, and later manages to coax a wild horse to become his replacement mount.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
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
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
One evening, the staff arranged sundowner cocktails at one of two rustic lean-tos on the property, a spot with a sweeping view of the mountains and a roaring campfire.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2024
There are also 12 lean-tos on the northern stretch of the trail, between Lake Placid and Long Lake.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2024
Across the road was an encampment of tents and lean-tos along a chain-link fence.
—CBS News, 6 July 2024
Places to Stay Campgrounds Visitors looking to camp have their choice between two campgrounds on Mount Desert Island, one campground on the Schoodic Peninsula, and five lean-to shelters on Isle au Haut.
—Jacqueline Dole, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
History buffs probably won’t be the only ones fascinated as the movie slows down to show how Crockett constructs a lean-to shelter in the wilderness while recovering from his injuries, and later manages to coax a wild horse to become his replacement mount.
—Joe Leydon, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lean-to
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Inna and her family decided to drive to another village about 60 miles away, where Inna's grandparents had a tiny old hut.Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
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Known for not being precious on set, Winslet illustrates this to Dominus by being interviewed for hours in a chilly beach hut on the English coast (Winslet’s idea).Longreads, Longreads, 19 Dec. 2024
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The website sees about 300 million visits per day across the globe buying everything from kitchen utensils to circuit boards to gardening sheds.Newsweek, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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In the end, both efforts were noble, but failed to address the problem efficiently in the tiny house case or legally in the case of the sheds.Roger Valdez, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Visitors get around the island by foot or on golf carts, and there are a smattering of seafood shacks and souvenir shops.Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
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The worst damage was to the informal settlements and shacks that are found across Mayotte, Bieuville said.Lex Harvey, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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The university was founded in 1881 in a one-room shanty by Dr. Booker T. Washington and Lewis Adams, who had been enslaved, the school website says.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024
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Few people could be seen on Wednesday in the usually overcrowded shanty towns where many immigrants live, the prefecture office said, while the island’s maternity ward, which usually sees one birth per hour, was operating at below normal levels.Reuters, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Well nuclear is back, because AI needs it, not because peasants risk freezing in their hovels.Clem Chambers, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Many rising comedians live in hovels, but not Zarna Garg, who recently opened for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on their national comedy tour.Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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Your art need not be on the walls, in fact: At this mountain farmland boutique resort, the cottages each come with a canvas that covers a sliding barn door that separates the living area from the bedroom.Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2025
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Naturally, Wiggins’s first priority was to preserve and enhance the spartan cottage’s existing architecture: the façade of rough-hewn local stone, quaint clapboard walls, restored wood floors, and exposed ceiling beams.Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2025
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The money is going toward meals, toiletries, gear and replacing a shower facility at one of the camps, Lewis said.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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But years later, in 1988, her husband was killed in another round of fighting in the camp.Lauren Frayer, NPR, 18 Jan. 2025
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