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Recent Examples of favela
Now a community organizer and member of an anti-violence collective who works in the favela, Medeiros is no stranger to how the Red Command instills fear in its territories.
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Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
So does the bass-heavy genre baile funk, which emerged out of the city’s favelas before going global in the early 2000s.
—Carolina Abbott Galvão, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 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
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Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
So does the bass-heavy genre baile funk, which emerged out of the city’s favelas before going global in the early 2000s.
—Carolina Abbott Galvão, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for favela
Noun
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The cause to save the Mayan jungle — the most important lung of Mexico and the second largest in the Americas after the Amazon — will resonate this weekend (March 14-15) at the Vive Latino festival, where Sélvame MX will screen videos on the GNP Seguros Stadium’ screens to promote it.—
Natalia Cano,
Billboard,
13 Mar. 2026
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The property feels at one with the jungle, with dirt paths that feature towering greenery on all sides.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Late one night in Payatas, a shantytown near a garbage dump in Manila’s outskirts, Santiago knocked on the door of a funeral office.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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During this time, Paksa was volunteering with a Peronist unidad básica (grassroots unit) in a shantytown close to her home in the midsize city of Castelar, which coincided with a heightened focus on state violence in her work.—
Daniel R. Quiles,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Sadeh interviewed residents of the Sylmar encampment who said Harker was addicted to heroin and known to break into parked cars.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Since then, the city has amended its encampment cleanup protocols, including the introduction of tent checks using thermal imaging technology and a more judicious use of heavy machinery.—
Caroline Silva,
AJC.com,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Favela.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favela. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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