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Recent Examples of favela
The operation, which took place in the city’s favelas — poor neighborhoods long plagued by organized crime — was the deadliest in Rio’s history, the BBC reported.
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Shampoo grew up in Vila do Ipsep, a favela in Recife.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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
Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, São Paulo’s industrial backstreets and the walls along the metro lines have always been arenas for expression.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Shampoo grew up in Vila do Ipsep, a favela in Recife.
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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
Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, São Paulo’s industrial backstreets and the walls along the metro lines have always been arenas for expression.
—Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for favela
Noun
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The international effort to eradicate screwworm eventually pushed the pest to the Darien Gap, an inhospitable stretch of jungle on the Panama-Colombia border.—
Bloomberg Wire,
Dallas Morning News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Stay at Mayfair House Hotel & Garden, where their interior courtyard is your own private urban jungle.—
Kelsey Glennon,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And one night, a bunch of the editors of The Dartmouth Review descended on the shantytown protests and, with sledgehammers, slammed them down.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Jan. 2026
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Countless arrivals make their way to Lagos every day with little money, finding places to live in shantytowns and hastily built tenements, or, sometimes, on the street.—
Alexis Okeowo,
New Yorker,
10 Jan. 2026
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Groft, who was arrested at an encampment in Chinatown, had been living on the streets for some time.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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In 2024, Florida passed HB 1365, which requires local governments to address housing encampments in public spaces.—
Larry J. Walker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Favela.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favela. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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