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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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On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns.—
Lee-Ann Olwage,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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Younis: The Khan Younis refugee camp is a dense, gray, concrete shantytown, the black waters from sewers running in thin rivulets down the middle of alleys.—
Chris Hedges,
Harpers Magazine,
15 June 2024
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One thing that makes Survivor better than a board game is that it’s set in the jungle.—
Stephen Fishbach,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2025
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In remote or logistically complex destinations like Iceland’s volcanic interior or the jungle ruins of Mexico and Central America, cruise line tours reduce the stress and risk of tackling these places on your own.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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The city has also been cracking down on homeless encampments, arrests that were almost unheard of even five years ago.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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As frustration intensifies over street homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging local governments across California to effectively ban public camping and move faster to close dangerous encampments.—
Ethan Varian,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2025
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Some 17 million people in Brazil live in favelas—informal settlements in peripheral areas around large cities—according to the National Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).—
Angelica Mari,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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He's lived his entire life in this favela — a word that refers to a native Brazilian shrub — and has been gardening just as long.—
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 28 May. 2025.
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