slum
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Slum dwellers squatted on these lands and built huts in a haphazard manner, authorities say.
From Reuters • Aug. 28, 2023
Slum golf is exactly what it sounds like: golf played in the narrow streets and alleyways of their informal community.
From The Guardian • Feb. 11, 2019
“Lindsay Forming Group to Assist Slum Businesses,” the morning newspaper yawned.
From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2017
Victorian Slum House The new episode “The 1890s” takes the modern-day participants to the end of the 19th century, approximating the era when mass manufacturing and social reform offered hope of relief from deplorable conditions.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2017
“J Dilla. Detroit legend. He died when I was little. I’m into the classics, but all Detroit, all day. Motown, J Dilla, Slum Village.”
From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi
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