homeless

Example Sentences

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"So it was hard for people to believe that I was actually homeless."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The city’s homeless people, a population that is shrinking but that Pratt insists is exploding.

From Slate • Jun. 9, 2026

Bass, 72, faced a swell of voters frustrated with her response to the city’s homeless population and last year’s wildfires.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

In his area, the number of homeless people is "four or five times bigger than the beds."

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

In one possibly apocryphal story, doctors once trained a homeless man to do routine lab tests because there was no one else available.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell