shack
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The West Hollywood clam shack conjures Rhode Island on the West Coast, be it with clams of all kinds, lobster cooked just right or oysters treated with reverence.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
"It had a wood stove and no running water and a tin roof, rusted. It was a funky little shack."
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
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
I bought an old Ford truck with a dog box on it, found a shack in the woods in northern Minnesota, and tried training there.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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