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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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Late one night in Payatas, a shantytown near a garbage dump in Manila’s outskirts, Santiago knocked on the door of a funeral office.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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During this time, Paksa was volunteering with a Peronist unidad básica (grassroots unit) in a shantytown close to her home in the midsize city of Castelar, which coincided with a heightened focus on state violence in her work.—
Daniel R. Quiles,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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Our culinary journey here included taking a zip line to dine at Flying Sauces, a treetop restaurant with sweeping views across the jungle and out to the coastline below.—
William Curtis,
Travel + Leisure,
6 May 2026
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Welcome to a Hump Day Nightcaps — the one where Cameron Brink plays in the jungle ahead of the WNBA regular season opener.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2026
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The encampment had previously been on private property and moved to its most recent location after the owner performed a cleanup, Yee said.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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In the audit, colleges and universities saw fewer incidents compared with 2024, when ADL said the pro-Palestinian encampment movement drove spikes in incidents.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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The group had gathered before sunrise at Morro Dois Irmãos, a scenic overlook above Ipanema Beach, when authorities launched a raid in the Vidigal favela below, according to the BBC.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Brazilian police seized a record 48 tons of marijuana in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, uncovered by chance by a sniffer dog during a regular operation against criminal factions.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Hooverville.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hooverville. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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