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shack

[shak] / ʃæk /


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He eventually found 7 ½ West End Court in Long Branch, New Jersey, a twenty-five-foot-wide shotgun shack that sat a few blocks away from the beach.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2026

He lives in a shack without running water and sees his family at best every six months.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

Three others crowded into the darkened shack offering advice and helping spot blips on the screen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

The FBI had tracked the Unabomber futilely for 18 years before his capture in a hermit’s shack in Montana in April 1996.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

But then a strange noise filled the shack.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis




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