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Only big enough to fit a few people, Verdugo and the rest of his family would rotate in and out of the shanty during fishing trips for walleye, northern pike, perch and bass.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
Most of the mining towns in the area were just tent camps or shanty towns that wouldn’t last more than a year or two.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
Its barely visible tents and shanties melt into vistas of the downtown skyline and San Gabriel Mountains to the north and the flat expanse of city south to the sea.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Protesters compared their struggle for divestment to the struggles for divestment from South Africa in the 1980s, when demonstrators set up a shanty on campus in Ann Arbor to symbolize the sufferings of Black people under apartheid rule.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2024
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 May 2024
Most of the mining towns in the area were just tent camps or shanty towns that wouldn’t last more than a year or two.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2023
Its barely visible tents and shanties melt into vistas of the downtown skyline and San Gabriel Mountains to the north and the flat expanse of city south to the sea.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
Protesters compared their struggle for divestment to the struggles for divestment from South Africa in the 1980s, when demonstrators set up a shanty on campus in Ann Arbor to symbolize the sufferings of Black people under apartheid rule.
—Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 21 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shanty
Noun
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In Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, owned by the Dutch, slave huts were built along the coast, on land not suitable for agriculture and easily damaged by storms.Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
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But, instead, my son and I scramble up the ladder onto the hut roof and play games, project movies onto the wall.Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2024
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Humor — both black and camp — is the key here, unlike the often-leaden film which relied on special effects rather than a sharp script and knowing comic direction for its wow factor.Frank Rizzo, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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The last time the act was invoked was during World War II, and it was used to place noncitizens from Japan, Germany and Italy in internment camps.Matthew Crowley, Louis Jacobson, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
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The area had featured multiple shacks built out of wood and tarps.Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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The original spot, at 2295 Lexington Road and across the street from the fine-dining establishment Le Moo, resembles a hunter’s cabin or funky shack, with a wooden exterior and metal siding, covered in signs for beer brands.Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2024
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As expected, the passenger cabin mirrors the detail of the underpinnings.Michael Harley, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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The four-seat cabin is covered in black from the floor to the headliner.Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Shanty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shanty. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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