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Hooverville

noun

Definition of Hooverville

as in shantytown

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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. — Amy Nicholson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023

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Noun

As the family moved through the shantytown’s narrow streets, gunfire erupted.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
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

Definition of shantytown

Noun

The hydrotherapy circuit runs cold plunge pools alongside a jungle-view sauna and a steam room with an ice fountain, plus a mud grotto and a vitality pool.

— Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
In addition to the 600 different species on display, the zoo's 700,000 types of plants create a lush jungle environment unlike any other.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026

Definition of jungle

Noun

In another clip, people competed with harsh winds to set up a tent encampment on a soccer field and children entertained themselves on a nearby jungle gym.

— Dennis Romero, NBC news, 2 Aug. 2026
This narrative — that whoever was in the Jeep was attacking racial justice protesters and that protesters or their allies fired back in self-defense — was echoed in social media posts and throughout the encampment.

— Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026

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