tumbledown
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For this humble fishing village in Yemen, a tumbledown grouping of barely-there huts nestled between the water and an imposing mountain range, stands sentinel over one of the world’s most vital waterways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
A trip to the mailbox could become a tumbledown Niagara Falls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 16, 2026
You can see how from Abu Khaled's tumbledown farmhouse, a bumpy few minutes' drive from the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya.
From BBC ● Mar. 22, 2023
When not huddling in a creaking, tumbledown cottage with unreliable phone service, Eric and his collie, Baxter, tend to a scattered herd of horned sheep.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2022
We came to the tumbledown stone cottage where we had met before.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
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