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Recent Examples of Synonyms for favelas
Noun
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Farmers once proud of living and working their ancestral land were driven into poverty and forced into shantytowns.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025 -
These new shantytowns are plagued with substance abuse, violence and prostitution.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Narrated by David Attenborough, this film follows a remarkable group of orangutans in the pristine jungles of Sumatra.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Canadian actor has gone ice fishing in the Arctic Circle in Lapland, searched for the Big Five in South Africa’s Kruger National Park, island-hopped in Greece, and ventured deep into the Costa Rican jungles around Arenal Volcano.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Oct. 2025
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