hamlet
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The rural community of the book is a West Virginia mining hamlet.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
He plans to protest every day until Sunday, after which he has to leave for a job in a hamlet.
From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026
Thorpeness was initially transformed from a hamlet into a holiday resort by playwright and barrister Glencairn Stuart Ogilvie in the early 20th Century.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 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
Souilly was barely a hamlet surrounded by farmland, a cluster of small cottages spoking out like a wheel from a modest stone town hall.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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