hamlet
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Thomas Edison’s “invention factory” transformed a rural hamlet into the birthplace of the modern age, by perfecting the first commercially viable incandescent light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
There’s a whole English hamlet full of them.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Dawn Kerr, 56, from Musselburgh, and her husband Andrew Searle, 62, died at their home in the hamlet of Les Pesquies, south-west France.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
The rumble of jets and hum of drones "come from everywhere. Especially at night", he told AFP in the hamlet of Barsirini, dozens of kilometres from the border.
From Barron's ● Mar. 7, 2026
Many good people from the hamlet of Hydesville and its wider town of Arcadia in Wayne County couldn’t wait to talk.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Just a two-hour drive south of Sydney, Gerringong is much like many other photogenic hamlets along Australia's east coast, with multi-million-dollar properties set against stunning views of the azure blue sea.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Her family moved more than 10 times, from Chicago to working-class hamlets in southern New Jersey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
This part of rural Victoria is dotted with small towns and hamlets, which may at first appear quite isolated.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
Fueled by winds and heat, the fire prompted evacuations in a number of mountain hamlets, towns and resorts along the state route, with towering flames jumping across hillsides and canyons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024
Personally, I would have been pleased to be walking now through hamlets and past farms rather than through some silent “protected corridor.”
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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