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Recent Examples of favela
In 2016, more than 70,000 were displaced from Rio de Janeiro’s favelas to make way for the event.
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Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
The series was shot in 58 different locations, including six favelas, employing 240 actors and over 4,000 extras.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 July 2024
From my balcony, the golden sands of Copacabana, sounds of samba, and neighboring favelas seemed so close and far all at once.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2024
In the slums of Mumbai, the favelas of Rio, and the townships of Johannesburg, such talk is a luxury.
—Richard Sennett, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2020
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Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
The series was shot in 58 different locations, including six favelas, employing 240 actors and over 4,000 extras.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 9 July 2024
From my balcony, the golden sands of Copacabana, sounds of samba, and neighboring favelas seemed so close and far all at once.
—Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2024
In the slums of Mumbai, the favelas of Rio, and the townships of Johannesburg, such talk is a luxury.
—Richard Sennett, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for favela
Noun
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The Inca dominated Peru’s Andes Mountains and jungles for centuries.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Jan. 2025
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For the people of the Alto Juruá, the fer-de-lance is a grim reality of the dangers of life in the jungle.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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For the kingdom, the bombings and the individuals that perpetrated them—native Moroccans from the city’s hardscrabble shantytowns—were a wake-up call.—
Ilan Berman,
Foreign Affairs,
12 May 2016
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When the government has demolished shantytowns, citizens have been relocated, but undocumented immigrants have not, UNICEF said.—
Julie Bourdin,
New York Times,
25 Dec. 2024
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Yogi Sahu, a nearby resident who had pleaded with the city to address the Chynoweth encampment, noted that two RVs and campers that were among the biggest nuisances merely moved around the corner to spots near Hayes Mansion and on Birch Grove Drive.—
Devan Patel,
The Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Attorneys from three firms representing residents who have separately sued Southern California Edison dismissed the notion that the encampment might have had anything to do with the fire’s start.—
Salvador Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Favela.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/favela. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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