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hamlet

[ham-lit] / ˈhæm lɪt /
NOUN
small village
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Along with his wife, Weinberg also runs Spruceton Inn set on the West Kill, a tree-encased tributary off Schoharie Creek that gives the surrounding hamlet its name.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

The other is its parish, the spiritual center of this Cambridgeshire hamlet and a place where community members weave themselves in each other’s lives while supporting its rectors.

From Salon Jun. 16, 2026

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

They represented nearly every city, town, and hamlet throughout Germany.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Dozens of rural hamlets in the state of Victoria were urged to evacuate while they still could.

From Barron's Jan. 8, 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

Farmers' homes in hamlets around the industrial town of Rohtak are suddenly in demand, doubling up as movie sets.

From BBC Oct. 21, 2024

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

VC had infiltrated the strategic hamlets at night and demanded loyalty to the Communists.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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