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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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In 2011, federal agents raided the shantytown and made dozens of arrests.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Music from the margins Bachata was born in the Dominican countryside and later developed in the shantytowns of Santo Domingo, the capital.—
Wilfredo José Burgos Matos,
The Conversation,
25 July 2025
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Off-camera, the character has a drug problem, which isn’t helped by fighting for his life in the Southeast Asian jungle.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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When people think of popular outdoor destinations in Asia, places like Thailand's beaches and jungles, Japan's Kumano Kodo, or Bhutan's rugged mountains may come to mind.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Aug. 2025
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As part of her apparent outreach, Bowser removed the Black Lives Matter mural near the White House and multiple homeless encampments in D.C., including one near the State Department.—
Naomi Lim,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2025
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Hogsett on homelessness Mayor Joe Hogsett's administration just recently announced a policy shift in its response to homeless encampments: make sure everyone has access to housing before closing one.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
2 Aug. 2025
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Next up for Globo is School Without Walls, a film about a public school in one of Brazil’s biggest favelas directed by Cao Hamburger, that is a co-production of Brazil’s Gullane, Portugal’s Ukbar Filmes and France’s Playtime Group that is also backed by Telecine.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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The film is both gritty and realistic, like the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, while also being a sweet story with surreal touches.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
15 June 2025
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“Hooverville.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hooverville. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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