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homeless

[hohm-lis] / ˈhoʊm lɪs /


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Housing organisations say that while helping people already sleeping rough is essential, preventing people from becoming homeless in the first place will be critical if the government's longer-term ambition is to succeed.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Whereas Hochman often compared L.A. to crime-plagued “Gotham City,” McKinney acknowledges the city’s more recent struggles are not with violence, but with quality-of-life crimes: unchecked homeless encampments, street racing, animal abuse on Skid Row.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

A homeless Turkish man found a quick way of getting himself a bed for the night -- by insulting the country's president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Toubul estimates that out of 120 seats in the Israeli Knesset, there are 10 to 12 seats’ worth of upwardly mobile Mizrahim who feel politically homeless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

We were guests of the prince of Abu Dhabi for three hours, then homeless.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri


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