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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Hoovervilles
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In the brightly billboarded carcass of a West Coast city, private security shields the corporate enclaves of a tech élite from the shantytowns of the economically superfluous.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026 -
Their target was the Comando Vermelho (CV), or Red Command, a criminal organization that has ruled these hillside shantytowns for decades.—
Alessandra Freitas,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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This particular tyrannosaur lived near the seaway’s western coast, which was full of jungles and forests.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2026
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Swim or scuba through the crystal-clear cenotes, millennia-old sinkholes scattered throughout the nearby jungles—the cold waters make a refreshing alternative to Tulum's white-sand beaches.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Mar. 2026
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The complaints range from rodent issues to blocked driveways to squatting and the discovery of homeless encampments inside the building.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Her arrest came less than a week after Khalil, a 31-year-old graduate student at Columbia University who had acted as a spokesperson for the university’s encampments, was detained by federal agents at his Morningside Heights student apartment on March 8, 2025.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Hoovervilles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hoovervilles. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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