hovel
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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
As for what was built at Cinecitta, two favorite sets for Gropman were Tom’s New York hovel and his well-appointed, furnished Rome apartment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2024
Eventually they squeezed into a hovel before being discovered by a turncoat cabinet member.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024
But now it is 2023 and we are at Pace, the blue-chip gallery in West Chelsea, where this claustrophobic junkyard hovel contrasts sharply with the pristine white walls surrounding it.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023
We thought this was another one of his surprises, but he finally convinced us that the house was a hovel.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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