hamlet
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The residents of a small hamlet nearby, Whelford, were hastily evacuated by police and put up in nearby hotels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Flooding from Storm Chandra in the hamlet of Weycroft on January 27, 2026 in Axminster, England.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Patterson's trial last year drew podcasters, film crews and true crime fans to a courthouse in the rural town of Morwell, a sedate hamlet in Victoria better known for its prize-winning roses.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
"We were working to a plan and making sure everyone was doing something sensible. Just trying to prevent it spreading... into Hagley and the hamlet of Iverley."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
At the end of July 1966, Howard Fuller spoke before black residents of Woodland, North Carolina, an isolated and impoverished rural hamlet in the northeastern corner of the state.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
Small towns, villages and hamlets -- home to around half of the central European nation's 9.5 million people -- have long been the bastion of the ruling Fidesz party.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Her family moved more than 10 times, from Chicago to working-class hamlets in southern New Jersey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
This part of rural Victoria is dotted with small towns and hamlets, which may at first appear quite isolated.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
Baldy Village and other mountain hamlets — and more than 1,000 structures are still threatened by the fire, officials said Wednesday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
New England’s major river valleys, by contrast, held large, permanent villages, many nestled in constellations of suburban hamlets and hunting camps.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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