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Dozens of rural hamlets in the state of Victoria were urged to evacuate while they still could.

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

Her family moved more than 10 times, from Chicago to working-class hamlets in southern New Jersey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Farmers' homes in hamlets around the industrial town of Rohtak are suddenly in demand, doubling up as movie sets.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024

Fueled by winds and heat, the fire prompted evacuations in a number of mountain hamlets, towns and resorts along the state route, with towering flames jumping across hillsides and canyons.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024

The men don’t travel down one single road but spread out along a series of parallel roads connecting the hamlets and burgs of rural Virginia.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly