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Recent Examples of hovel
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.
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Elaine Blair,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
The ceiling, in contrast to my first hovel, couldn’t be reached except by a tall ladder.
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Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
My friend was the definition of a reluctant landlord — an anti-Establishment type who furnished her grad-school hovel with wine crates and avoided any talk of money.
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Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
22 Jan. 2026
In what by American standards would be considered a hovel, Gong is raised by his aging grandparents, his mother having abandoned him as a small child.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Dec. 2025
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Elaine Blair,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
The ceiling, in contrast to my first hovel, couldn’t be reached except by a tall ladder.
—
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
My friend was the definition of a reluctant landlord — an anti-Establishment type who furnished her grad-school hovel with wine crates and avoided any talk of money.
—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
22 Jan. 2026
In what by American standards would be considered a hovel, Gong is raised by his aging grandparents, his mother having abandoned him as a small child.
—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
29 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hovel
Noun
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In the summer, the huts are staffed and the meals are famously hearty.
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Nearby hamlets like Findeln and Zmutt are perfect for a rustic lunch in a traditional mountain hut, while the charming town of Brig, just down the valley, makes an easy day trip by train.
Noun
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In 2015, he was charged in Amador County in connection with a strip poker game at a youth camp, ultimately pleading no contest two years later to providing alcohol to a minor.
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Some of them have been training together for nearly two months because Aguirre arranged a monthlong training camp ahead of the World Cup.
Noun
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Also south of downtown, but closer to the Mississippi, Minnehaha Regional Park offers a shady respite anchored by its namesake 53-foot waterfall (and on-site seasonal seafood shack, Sea Salt).
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Police said two Mozambican men were killed during violence in late May in Mossel Bay, a coastal town in the Western Cape, where more than 50 shacks in an informal settlement were burned.
Noun
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Beneath the cabin’s modest character is a geothermal system, which uses the steady temperature of the ground to help heat and cool the home.
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When tragedy struck, the couple was at their own cabin, while Brooke and Blair were staying with their grandparents Mike, 77, and Charlene Harber, 75, at a friend's place a couple of doors down.
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“Hovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hovel. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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