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Podunk

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as in hamlet

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Recent Examples of Podunk The film, which premiered at Cordillera International Film Festival, was produced by Ken Carpenter under his Nook Lane Entertainment banner, along with Polaha; Adam Karm and Ben Wagner produced with Podunk Productions and AKA Productions. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025

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Uniting a mouthwatering younger pedigree talent package, the down-the-decades drama series is freely inspired by tragic events which took place at the remote mountain hamlet of Tor in the high Pyrenees.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
But the couple were happy in their little cottage in the small hamlet of Lee-on-the-Solent, which Leigh decorated in her famously romantic style.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of hamlet

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The neighborhood/area The fishing village of Conca dei Marini remains a lovely reminder of what this whole coast was once like—sleepy, charming, lost in time.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Earlier, the Houthis seized several villages and areas on Taiz's outskirts, paving the way for the rebels to encircle Taiz, Yemen's third-largest city.

— AHMED AL-HAJ, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

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What was once just a sleepy little ‘cow town’ in Central California, has now become one of the trendiest wine regions to visit, along with national wine sales that are outperforming the rest of the market.

— Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
If Great Bend failed to achieve the notoriety of Dodge City or other cow towns, Moses’s fellow citizens gave him much of the credit.

— Katy Roberts, Washington Post, 29 July 2024

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