ramshackle
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Along a desolate stretch of California desert highway, next to a ramshackle home, law enforcement officials on Wednesday dug for a second day in a search for bodies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Mr. Pradhan had emerged as a focal point for nationwide protesters upset by India’s ramshackle education system and meager job opportunities for young people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
For the last three years, she and her six children have been living with other internally displaced people at a ramshackle old feed processing plant in the capital, Yaoundé.
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026
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
We drew close to a ramshackle house and garage on a scrubby plot of land.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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