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[shak] / ʃæk /


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He eventually found 7 ½ West End Court in Long Branch, New Jersey, a twenty-five-foot-wide shotgun shack that sat a few blocks away from the beach.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

He lives in a shack without running water and sees his family at best every six months.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

The FBI had tracked the Unabomber futilely for 18 years before his capture in a hermit’s shack in Montana in April 1996.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Other soda shack chains such as Fiiz Drinks and Sodalicious have popped up, creating competition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

But then the earring’s spell must have broken, because Cecilia, looking as old and wretched as her house, hobbled out of her shack.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall




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