hut

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In “The Getaway”—filmed twice for the big screen—Doc and Carol McCoy conclude their escape hiding in caves, then a hut made of dung, before they end up in the infernal domain of El Rey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

A group of young people sheltered under a thatched hut by the side of the road, absorbed in a game of poker.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

Malick Diop grew up in Senegal in a thatched-roof hut with a dirt floor, sooty walls and roaming goats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The enduring image is of a woman in a dirt-floored palm-leaf hut cooking with firewood.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Nim’s beautiful island was shredded and messy with bits of hut, pieces of shirts and desk, coconuts, palm branches, broken trees, and lying-down bushes.

From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr