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Recent Examples of shantySome shanties are nylon and collapsible while others are wooden and metal structures akin to a small shed.—Brian Kaiser, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025 Image That anti-immigrant animosity is driven by a desperation in poor townships and shanty towns where voting and protest seem to make no difference, Ms. Mazwai said.—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025 Then, on the main deck, they’re forced to sing a six-line sea shanty non-stop.—Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2025 Deer heads are mounted on the walls, mini-toboggans are nailed to the ceiling, and lumberjack-plaid drapery evokes cabanes à sucre, or sugar shacks, traditional shanties set up in forests where the sap to be turned into maple syrup is harvested.—Vjosa Isai, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shanty
While there was a higher body count in Taormina and Thailand, in terms of work culture Maui seems to be the most loosey-goosey of the resort locations with the staff going down K-holes and sleeping with guests in beachside huts.
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Eddie Mouradian,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2025
They are thought to live in three groups in both large communal huts and more informal shelters on the beach.
There’s this little shack down near my place in Mexico.
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Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
At the Flora-Bama, everybody’s welcome, and for many folks, their first pilgrimage to this sprawling shack on the beach begets a second one—and maybe a hundred more after that.
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