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
EDMONTON, Canada — Jason Hills grew up in a rural hamlet in southern Alberta so small there were no traffic lights.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
A while later, when we moved out of the hamlet, she was still dancing.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
Vocabulary lists containing hamlet
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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