shack
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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
In recent years, the school gifted the Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer a wooden shack affixed to the top of the stadium.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
It was a tiny one-room shack wedged into the crotch of a maple, with firm boards nailed into the trunk as a ladder.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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