makeshift
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Yugo said hundreds of homes in Nitung Village were severely damaged by the earthquake, and that residents had been sheltering in makeshift shelters.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Many slept on mattresses or makeshift beds outside.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
The makeshift lever is still functional four years later.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
The 2026 Homeless Count recorded just 27 unhoused individuals in 16 dwellings, such as vehicles, tents or makeshift shelters, in Malibu.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
I draw three boxes, and divide those into smaller boxes, until I have a makeshift three-month calendar.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Afghan refugee and photographer Abdul Saboor poses for Reuters as he takes pictures in a makeshifts migrant camp in Loon-Plage, near Dunkirk, France, December 4, 2021.
From Reuters ● Dec. 8, 2021
Awkward staging makeshifts had to be employed instead, resulting in hundreds of audience members leaving the theatre every night scratching their heads.
From Slate ● Nov. 29, 2013
These two are not makeshifts but attacking bowlers for turning tracks.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2011
They converted a sewing machine into a diesinking machine, used old auto batteries for electroplating, rigged up other makeshifts.
From Time Magazine Archive
But hope and a fixed aim form no bad makeshifts for happiness.
From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman
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