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hammock

[ham-uhk] / ˈhæm ək /


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The silver lake, the tropical cove and the swinging hammock loom large in summer’s mythology because they answer our desire for enclosure and immersion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

For Harleymoon, the experience of having nothing besides a few bananas and a hammock "in the middle of nowhere" sparked deep self-reflection.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2025

“Allowing myself to go outside and read in the hammock in the middle of the day or take a walk — it felt indulgent,” she says.

From MarketWatch Dec. 10, 2025

If you Google the LLM-hallucinated hammock expert Jennifer Campos, the first result is the Inquirer insert.

From Slate May 21, 2025

It was hanging from the ceiling, suspended by a rope of threads at either end so that actually it looked more like a hammock than a bed.

From "James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl




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