squalor
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Ask the average person what homelessness looks like in America, and the answer invariably involves urban encampments—people with severe mental disabilities or serious addictions living in tents and squalor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Ahead of the implementation of the law change, the BBC accompanied London's Metropolitan Police as officers visited suspected cuckooing properties and witnessed shocking signs of squalor.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
Critics once argued that capitalism bred poverty and squalor.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
They mourned the loss of entertainment industry jobs and despaired over homeless people living in squalor.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
He lived the life of an aristocratic New Yorker in the squalor of Williamsburg.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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