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Recent Examples of hovelAn adventurous death trip that will magically drive them both from their hovel to the wild mountains and up to New York, from suffocating reality to absolute freedom.—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Feb. 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
After battling nine days of brutal heat, zero security, and rough nights in mud huts, the Clooneys returned to the U.S. in time for a rally organized by the Save Darfur Coalition on the National Mall, where other speakers included then Senator Barack Obama.
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Jake Tapper,
New Yorker,
13 May 2025
According to the official Mount Fuji website, all trails to the summit are closed and most of the trail signs have been removed, with all huts, toilets and first aid stations also shut for the off season.
That means all other Africans who have waited in refugee camps for years after being vetted and cleared must step back and wait even longer for their uncertain futures to play out, as white South Africans get ushered through the express lane.
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Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
18 May 2025
This new safari camp from The Royal Collection boasts vibrant interiors and provides plenty of opportunities to see the Big Five.
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Heather Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2025
Mark Peters, a 72-year-old retired electrician in Hamilton, Ohio, with whom Rogers lived with briefly, was found dead in a shack owned by Rogers' family in January 1994 in Beattyville, Kentucky.
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Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
Back in the shack, the local barflies have cottoned on to the Ronaldo news.
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