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a round tent that was used in the past by Native Americans as a house or shelter
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Reservations can only be made over the phone, and huts are equipped with cook stoves, wood stoves, and bunks.—
Alex Schechter,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Dec. 2025 -
Punch holes in the sides of Styrofoam huts or vinyl covers if needed.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
20 Dec. 2025
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Most of Goma is a warren of improvised housing, with tin shacks for the poorest and cinder-block huts for those a little better off.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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The bike and pedestrian paths that weave through the riparian corridor below provided access to a neighborhood of tents and shacks, a leafy suburb of the Crash Zone known as the Enchanted Forest.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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Ygot said the death toll in Bogo was expected to rise as workers rushed heavy equipment to a mountain village where a landslide buried shanties and boulders blocked rescue efforts.—
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Behind her, a cluster of pastel shanties houses Rain Barrel Village, an open-air market and artist haven for more than 40 years.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Aug. 2025
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Video footage showed the sea sweeping through holiday cottages at Ada Bojana in southern Montenegro during a storm.—
Mike Corder,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Verdant hillsides dotted with colorful cottages and colonial-era fortresses reveal a vibrant city life.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Wigwams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wigwams. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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