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ramshackle

[ram-shak-uhl] / ˈræmˌʃæk əl /


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The film is not about a tugboat operator, nor does it follow the life and times of the ramshackle group working at a service garage.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

I also inherited my beloved — at least by me — ramshackle family home that has not been lived in for more than 20 years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

The hospital in Akobo -- a ramshackle collection of buildings, most without doors or windows -- has only one surgeon, now overwhelmed.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Mr. Kossakovsky’s career began in the early 1990s with “The Belovs,” a kind of “Greyer Gardens” set in rural, ramshackle Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

The new paradigm of collaborative research pursued in the ramshackle Rad Lab surprised visitors bred in the insular working style still prevalent in academia.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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