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Recent Examples of hovels
During the rainy season, their hovels turned into hovels on stilts.
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Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hovels
Noun
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There was nothing there but trees, grass and these wooden huts.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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One of his wackier ideas involved Italian gondolas, grass huts and servants dressed in Tahitian clothing.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Since then, scientists have been in two camps, championing conflicting theories on the thickness of Europa's ice shell.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Violence has become commonplace inside makeshift displacement camps, where shacks lack doors and lighting and security are rare.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Last weekend, more than 400 shacks speckled the frozen bay, Bloedorn recalled, as ice anglers flocked to the Upper Peninsula to take advantage of perfect ice conditions.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Some thought the mystery bore a direct relation to the green tangle that tightly encircled the two dozen shacks balanced precariously between the rain forest and the yellowish waters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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“Hovels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hovels. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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