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Recent Examples of favela
For favelas like Parque Arará, that can be a problem.
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Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
But in Rio's more than 1,000 low-income favelas, their high cost and heavy weight meant they weren't even considered a possibility.
—Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Rio is home to at least 800 favelas, historically low-income neighborhoods, which house more than 20% of the city’s population.
—Constance Malleret, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
Back then the Brazilian government was trying to entice families to leave overcrowded urban favelas and make their homes in the forest.
—Rebecca Shaw, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
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Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
But in Rio's more than 1,000 low-income favelas, their high cost and heavy weight meant they weren't even considered a possibility.
—Jill Langlois, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Rio is home to at least 800 favelas, historically low-income neighborhoods, which house more than 20% of the city’s population.
—Constance Malleret, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
Back then the Brazilian government was trying to entice families to leave overcrowded urban favelas and make their homes in the forest.
—Rebecca Shaw, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for favela
Noun
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One thing that makes Survivor better than a board game is that it’s set in the jungle.—
Stephen Fishbach,
Rolling Stone,
14 May 2025
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In remote or logistically complex destinations like Iceland’s volcanic interior or the jungle ruins of Mexico and Central America, cruise line tours reduce the stress and risk of tackling these places on your own.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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On a trip from Cape Town to Pretoria, a reporter grapples with the whiplash of traveling through South Africa’s two worlds, from majestic mountains to struggling shantytowns.—
Lee-Ann Olwage,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2025
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Younis: The Khan Younis refugee camp is a dense, gray, concrete shantytown, the black waters from sewers running in thin rivulets down the middle of alleys.—
Chris Hedges,
Harpers Magazine,
15 June 2024
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The city has also been cracking down on homeless encampments, arrests that were almost unheard of even five years ago.—
Barnini Chakraborty,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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As frustration intensifies over street homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging local governments across California to effectively ban public camping and move faster to close dangerous encampments.—
Ethan Varian,
Chicago Tribune,
12 May 2025
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“Favela.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favela. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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