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hamlet

[ham-lit] / ˈhæm lɪt /
NOUN
small village
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Rows of solar panels carefully laid around pasture boundaries ripple across fields near the hamlet of Cambridge, England.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 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

Reid’s impoverished youth in a tiny hamlet in southern Nevada gave him an iron will, steep ambition and a sizable chip on his shoulder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Multiple animals have been killed in the Monterey County hamlet of Corral de Tierra, about 12 miles east of Monterey, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2025

We took trucks to the hamlet we were going to.

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers