Thesaurus results for SHANTYTOWNS

shantytowns

noun

plural of shantytown

as in favelas

a usually poor town or a part of a town where the people live in shanties

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Recent Examples of shantytowns In the brightly billboarded carcass of a West Coast city, private security shields the corporate enclaves of a tech élite from the shantytowns of the economically superfluous. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026 Their target was the Comando Vermelho (CV), or Red Command, a criminal organization that has ruled these hillside shantytowns for decades. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025 Farmers once proud of living and working their ancestral land were driven into poverty and forced into shantytowns. — Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025 These new shantytowns are plagued with substance abuse, violence and prostitution. — Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025

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To capture how Africa’s varied ecosystems shape the animals that live within them, film crews were sent to deserts, forests, jungles, mountains and islands.

— Addie Morfoot, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
Netflix documentary The Lost Children tells the almost unbelievable tale of four children stranded after a plane crash in the jungles of Colombia.

— K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

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During her time in office, the city has weathered federal immigration raids and witnessed a continuing exit of Hollywood jobs, while residents complain about dirty, crumbling streets and homeless encampments.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Tens of thousands of Spaniards have protested soaring housing costs and shortages, with encampments spreading from Madrid to cities across the country.

— Teresa Medrano, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

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