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Recent Examples of hogan
The school’s rodeo grounds are pocked with prairie dog holes, and roads to the mobile home park and hogans that house employees are mostly unpaved.
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Matt Krupnick, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2024
Miranda Mullett, who grew up in Wide Ruins in a hogan built by her grandfather, initially embarked on her own effort to provide firewood to tribal members after visiting her ancestral home in December and learning of their plight.
—Alex Rhoades, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2024
The first design was a celebration of multiple architectural styles, from the Navajo’s hogans to the Great Plains tribes’ tipis.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023
Descheenie, who is from Chinle, said his mother was born in a hogan, traditional Diné home, and because of this she was never given a birth certificate.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2022
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Matt Krupnick, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2024
Miranda Mullett, who grew up in Wide Ruins in a hogan built by her grandfather, initially embarked on her own effort to provide firewood to tribal members after visiting her ancestral home in December and learning of their plight.
—Alex Rhoades, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2024
The first design was a celebration of multiple architectural styles, from the Navajo’s hogans to the Great Plains tribes’ tipis.
—Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 June 2023
Descheenie, who is from Chinle, said his mother was born in a hogan, traditional Diné home, and because of this she was never given a birth certificate.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hogan
Noun
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Pods, cabins, wigwams, huts, and treehouses are also available.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Its layout also ties the home to its earthly landscape; the living room is inspired by the Native American wigwam, with elements including a central fireplace and a hole in the top to let the smoke out.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In backcountry huts, people gather close after a day spent skiing.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Feb. 2026
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Massages and other treatments take place in little huts, which your technician will guide you to.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There's nothing the couple loves more than pulling off the road to enjoy a local diner or small clam shack.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Feb. 2026
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No gasoline from water taxis, no jerk smoke from a beach shack, no sunscreen haze wafting off a catamaran day trip.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation.—
Popular Science,
Popular Science,
28 May 2020
Noun
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There have been whispers of paramilitary training camps in the mountains, but the sinister presence mostly lingered just below the surface.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Expect everything—including the rustic beach camps, fresh ocean-to-plate fish, and the ferry ride from the mainland to Bubaque—to take its sweet time here.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Abdul Hadi spent his days hiding in hovels in distant parts of Syria, turning his mind obsessively over the old days of revolution, over fleeting encounters and terrible choices.—
Anand Gopal,
New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2026
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The figure of an older woman working alone in a forest hovel inevitably brings some kind of sorcery to mind, but Hjorth’s earlier novels haven’t made too much of the suggestion.—
Elaine Blair,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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While outreach workers will be hitting homeless encampments throughout the city, encouraging people to go to shelters during the storm, the city will not be tearing down the makeshift shanties the homeless have built before Sunday’s storm, Mamdani said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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A couple and two children died Thursday night when their shanty was hit by a landslide in a quarry area that was set off by torrential rain in a village in southern Cagayan de Oro city, Office of Civil Defense regional director Antonio Sugarol said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Hogan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogan. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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