ramshackle
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County sheriff’s deputies converged on the scene and were visible amid a desert landscape and some ramshackle buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Among the region’s architectural highlights are the ramshackle row houses of the ancient Penedo village and the precarious seaside village of Azenhas do Mar with its white cottages clinging to coastal cliffs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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
As immortalised in the song, Pierson's ramshackle hideout hosted some wild parties, before it perished in flames in 2004.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2026
One of these buildings was the Boxton Creek Home for Children, a ramshackle house that tilted toward the train tracks and hills beyond.
From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech
Vocabulary lists containing ramshackle
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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