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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
Noun
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Farmers once proud of living and working their ancestral land were driven into poverty and forced into shantytowns.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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These new shantytowns are plagued with substance abuse, violence and prostitution.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Scurrying ants, so tiny that the grass must have felt like a jungle to them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Narrated by David Attenborough, this film follows a remarkable group of orangutans in the pristine jungles of Sumatra.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Lawmakers and students who testified at the hearing also focused on pro-Palestine encampments at the University of Wisconsin campuses in spring 2024.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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As a result, violent crime has fallen to levels not seen since the 1950s, tent encampments are at record lows, and for the first time in years, San Franciscans believe our city is moving in the right direction.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Shampoo grew up in Vila do Ipsep, a favela in Recife.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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Children play with a ball in front of a mural depicting the Brazilian World Cup football team at the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro on November 23, 2022.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Hooverville.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hooverville. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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