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Recent Examples of shanty
But beginning with the Class of ’23, search sea shanties have been growing grimmer.
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Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
The rousing shanty is already a knowing commentary on class and hypocrisy.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Shot in the Spanish shanty town of La Cañada Real on the outskirts of Madrid with the support of its residents, Guillermo Galoe’s first film Sleepless City follows two inseparable friends who must say goodbye when one of them moves out.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
In 1863, police officers ordered many residents out of their shanties.
—Robert Loerzel, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
The rousing shanty is already a knowing commentary on class and hypocrisy.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Shot in the Spanish shanty town of La Cañada Real on the outskirts of Madrid with the support of its residents, Guillermo Galoe’s first film Sleepless City follows two inseparable friends who must say goodbye when one of them moves out.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2025
In 1863, police officers ordered many residents out of their shanties.
—Robert Loerzel, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shanty
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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“Shanty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shanty. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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