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Recent Examples of wickiupPart tipi, part wickiup, and influenced by many architectural styles, a round lodge can block wind, rain, cold, and sun.—Popular Science, 28 May 2020 The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation.—Popular Science, 28 May 2020
Pods, cabins, wigwams, huts, and treehouses are also available.
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Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
Its layout also ties the home to its earthly landscape; the living room is inspired by the Native American wigwam, with elements including a central fireplace and a hole in the top to let the smoke out.
But low-tech surprise attacks like the one Ukraine launched against Russia this week – using inexpensive drones hidden in modest wooden huts with retractable roofs – have complicated the debate.
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Anna Mulrine Grobe,
Christian Science Monitor,
6 June 2025
The hotel is a collaboration between hoteliers Amelie and Dominik Posch, Christina and Martin Spielmann, and South Tyrolean architect Martin Gruber, who decided to renovate a 1936 Alpine hut and transform it into a refuge for the soul and mind.
The motion picture world of today reminds me of Rio – opulent penthouses (big IP) on one side of the street, and hovels (independent movies) on the other.
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Bill Mechanic,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
Ted Kaczynski, a brilliant but mentally troubled mathematician who had retreated years earlier to a remote hovel in Montana, had been arrested based on information from a tipster to the F.B.I., ending one of the longest and most expensive manhunts in American history.
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Serge F. Kovaleski,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
This 5-by-3-foot metal shed is the ideal size for holding gardening equipment, pool gear, and possibly a walk-behind lawnmower.
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Clint Davis,
People.com,
13 June 2025
Chelan County Sheriff's Office Last week, authorities asked people who live or own cabins in remote areas of several Washington state counties to lock their doors, including locking up sheds, while the search continued.
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Sarah Lynch Baldwin
June 9,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
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