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Recent Examples of hovel
Ted 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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hovel
Noun
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Its current form—a dream of ultra-luxury now reclaimed by the jungle, having lost out to a community of beach huts—struck me as an apt metaphor for Itacaré.—
David Amsden,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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The hostel also offers access to ice fishing in huts on the Saguenay Fjord, plus an onsite café that regularly features live music.—
Outside,
Outside,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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If Alt was going to be in the lineup, the Chargers had a chance to piece their front together and potentially contend, even after losing tackle Rashawn Slater for the season because of a training camp knee injury.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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In Kakuma, a vast refugee camp near the South Sudan border, starting in spring, our documentary team followed clinicians and families inside the stabilization unit at Clinic 7, where the sickest children come.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In Gaza’s Shati refugee camp, my grandfather built a modest shack, brick by brick, on the spot where his tent was erected.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Fresh seafood and farm ingredients drive everything from casual lobster shacks to award-winning dining.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Shockley and Maycock alerted the ship’s crew but alleged the staff did not take steps to remediate the issue in and around their cabin, according to the complaint.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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And the movie, with these two sexy people sparring for about 10 minutes, only to settle their differences over whiskey before a roaring fire in a snowbound cabin that looks like a vacation hideaway, has an unironic romance-novel baby-it’s-cold-outside vibe of old-school desert-island love.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Hovel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hovel. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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