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Recent Examples of hovels
Abdul Hadi spent his days hiding in hovels in distant parts of Syria, turning his mind obsessively over the old days of revolution, over fleeting encounters and terrible choices.
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Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
During the rainy season, their hovels turned into hovels on stilts.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Anand Gopal, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
During the rainy season, their hovels turned into hovels on stilts.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hovels
Noun
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Tour du Mont Blanc, France/Italy/Switzerland — Circles Mont Blanc through three countries over 8 to 10 days for reasonably fit walkers, with a mix of catered huts and village stops.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2026
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Tour du Mont Blanc — Circles Mont Blanc through France, Italy and Switzerland over 8 to 10 days, mixing catered huts with village stops.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
4 June 2026
Noun
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Then there’s the financial (and administrative) obligation of patching together camps that cost hundreds of dollars per week, per child.—
Abby McCloskey,
Twin Cities,
4 June 2026
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These camps focus on helping kids develop useful skills including local wildlife tracking, science topics, robotics and developing video games.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
4 June 2026
Noun
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While this area of Morgan Park just west of I-57 is rife with new development, the houses where the fire broke out were older shacks — one a brick structure, the other a frame structure with siding.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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Gangmasters often put workers in overcrowded shacks; workers die of not just killings like this one, but also of suicide or accidental fires or extreme cold and heat.—
Matteo Moschella,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
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“Hovels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hovels. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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