hamlet
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The rural community of the book is a West Virginia mining hamlet.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 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
Most of the hamlet had burned down, including her house, which was now smoke, and the girl danced with her eyes half closed, her feet bare.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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