winter quarters
noun
plural in form but singular or plural in construction
: a winter residence or station (as of a military unit or a circus)
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Tester told me grizzly bears often set up winter quarters in food-cache areas.
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Tom Stacer, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Run Away With The Circus In Sarasota Sarasota is the place where magic happens, thanks to its circus legacy that dates back to the 1920s when John Ringling moved his renowned circus winter quarters to southwest Florida.
—Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus was based out of the Florida town, drawing tourists from around the world to see Modoc and the other animals in their winter quarters.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 25 June 2023
In April 1520, Magellan ordered winter quarters in the harbor of San Julián, in eastern Patagonia.
—Gerard Helferich, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2022
Hornet queens tend to emerge from winter quarters in the spring and establish nests to birth worker hornets.
—Nicholas K. Geranios, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022
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Tom Stacer, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Run Away With The Circus In Sarasota Sarasota is the place where magic happens, thanks to its circus legacy that dates back to the 1920s when John Ringling moved his renowned circus winter quarters to southwest Florida.
—Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus was based out of the Florida town, drawing tourists from around the world to see Modoc and the other animals in their winter quarters.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 25 June 2023
In April 1520, Magellan ordered winter quarters in the harbor of San Julián, in eastern Patagonia.
—Gerard Helferich, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2022
Hornet queens tend to emerge from winter quarters in the spring and establish nests to birth worker hornets.
—Nicholas K. Geranios, USA TODAY, 25 May 2022
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“Winter quarters.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winter%20quarters. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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