ramshackle
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Among the region’s architectural highlights are the ramshackle row houses of the ancient Penedo village and the precarious seaside village of Azenhas do Mar with its white cottages clinging to coastal cliffs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The film is not about a tugboat operator, nor does it follow the life and times of the ramshackle group working at a service garage.
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026
I also inherited my beloved — at least by me — ramshackle family home that has not been lived in for more than 20 years.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
The hospital in Akobo -- a ramshackle collection of buildings, most without doors or windows -- has only one surgeon, now overwhelmed.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
Arriving in Milagro at 3:00 A.M. on a very dark night, they immediately steered onto the narrow dirt lane leading past Joe Mondragon’s house and the many ramshackle outbuildings surrounding it.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 1–6
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