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squalor
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Nearly two weeks after San Jose began dismantling its largest homeless encampment, the city is set to open its first-ever safe sleeping site, which will provide tents for dozens of the approximately 370 residents who have lived in dilapidated RVs and squalor at Columbus Park.—
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Mercury News,
31 Aug. 2025 -
The cottage retains its utopian squalor.—
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28 Aug. 2025
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“Sootiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sootiness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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