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hovel

[huhv-uhl, hov-] / ˈhʌv əl, ˈhɒv- /


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“This isn’t just a missing person case,” said Travis Harrison, a producer at NewsNation, which has pulled together a hovel of satellites and folding chairs in the prime real estate perpendicular to Guthrie’s address.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

But all the characters racing up and down the stairs of his uber-New York walk-up hovel are a howl.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Eventually they squeezed into a hovel before being discovered by a turncoat cabinet member.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024

"I was left in this crowded backstreet hovel in Halifax, while my sister went off to a rather grand life."

From BBC • May 14, 2022

All the same, Meggie slept well or, anyway, better than on Capricorn's damp straw or in the hovel with the ruined roof.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke




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