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Recent Examples of hovelTed Kaczynski, a brilliant but mentally troubled mathematician who had retreated years earlier to a remote hovel in Montana, had been arrested based on information from a tipster to the F.B.I., ending one of the longest and most expensive manhunts in American history.—Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025 Well nuclear is back, because AI needs it, not because peasants risk freezing in their hovels.—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 Many rising comedians live in hovels, but not Zarna Garg, who recently opened for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler on their national comedy tour.—Sheila Yasmin Marikar, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 In the aftermath of her death, Arthur is living an itinerant existence in a shack near Flora’s estate; both his hovel and her grand but desolate home are tombs of their own, waiting to be plundered thousands of years in the future by some other brave troupe.—David Sims, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for hovel
Moving backward and forward through time, the hut seems like the spear, which seems like the stone, the diorama, and the photograph, like my laptop and your magazine.
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Harmon Siegel,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
There are also no regulations for construction, which typically leads to conflicts when new houses or huts pop up along the beaches.
More than a decade later, the series continues to reimagine American histories and channel primal fears — from clowns and cults, to witches and ghosts — with each installment cloaked in social commentary and camp.
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James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
With Kevin Korchinski sent to Rockford on Tuesday — a little earlier than expected, frankly — that leaves Del Mastro and veteran Matt Grzelcyk, in camp on a PTO, battling it for the last spot.
She was also taken, the only one who got away from the monster with a bloody saw in a shack in the woods.
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Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
21 Sep. 2025
In addition to picking up culinary inspiration from some of the best barbecue shacks in the South, Hofman also discovered one important ingredient — friendliness, the site says.
And the Starlink Mini satellite dish, now $190 off, is your portable internet sidekick, ready to get you online from campsites, cabins, or anywhere your weekend takes you.
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