hovel
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But all the characters racing up and down the stairs of his uber-New York walk-up hovel are a howl.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
Eventually they squeezed into a hovel before being discovered by a turncoat cabinet member.
From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024
But now it is 2023 and we are at Pace, the blue-chip gallery in West Chelsea, where this claustrophobic junkyard hovel contrasts sharply with the pristine white walls surrounding it.
From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023
"I was left in this crowded backstreet hovel in Halifax, while my sister went off to a rather grand life."
From BBC • May 14, 2022
The hovel fell silent, then the canvas was pushed aside and the father stepped out, a musket in his hand.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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