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as in to tent
to live in a camp or the outdoors
the hike will take several days, and we plan to encamp along the trail
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
as the hurricane raged outside, the stranded tourists were encamped overnight in the high school gym
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Recent Examples of encamp
As students across the nation encamped, expressing their rage at the atrocities in Gaza, some colleges called on police to remove encampments.
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Elizabeth H. Bradley, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024
Police in riot gear raided Columbia University in New York City last night, arresting dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters encamped in a university building.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 1 May 2024
Thousands of farmers from these states descended on New Delhi and have remained encamped on its outskirts ever since.
—Surupa Gupta, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2021
In May 1781, General Anthony Wayne’s troops encamped at Bruceville, just south of Taneytown in present day Carroll County, on their overland march to Virginia from York, Pennsylvania.
—John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
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Elizabeth H. Bradley, New York Daily News, 1 June 2024
Police in riot gear raided Columbia University in New York City last night, arresting dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters encamped in a university building.
—Harriet Marsden, The Week Uk, theweek, 1 May 2024
Thousands of farmers from these states descended on New Delhi and have remained encamped on its outskirts ever since.
—Surupa Gupta, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2021
In May 1781, General Anthony Wayne’s troops encamped at Bruceville, just south of Taneytown in present day Carroll County, on their overland march to Virginia from York, Pennsylvania.
—John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for encamp
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Holiday Gift Market: Hosted in the heated and tented Bang Bang Bay Chalet.Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2024
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Even the West Indian drywood termite, the one that prompts tenting, is technically invasive.Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
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The central portion of the buds that houses the drivers is rather bulbous, while a flat panel forms the outermost surface.PCMAG, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
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This offering blends bourbon made from a 99% corn mash bill that was aged for 9 years and then underwent a secondary 125-day cask finished in French Oak barrels that housed BHAKTA’s 1973 Armagnac vintage.Erik Ofgang, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort offers the cheapest overnight accommodations at Walt Disney World for visitors willing to camp.Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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The racers and teams will camp in bivouacs (temporary tent encampments) throughout the entire 15-day rally, with only one day designated as a rest day.New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Jan. 2025
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However, Cassidy's friends have been more than accommodating when spending time together.Ashley Vega, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Perle was underwriting it and finally had to rent a hall to accommodate the troops.CBS News, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
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An ember from that fire raced on the wind and lodged into a 50-foot palm tree by the main JJU house.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Getty Images Consumers who see an error on their credit report should lodge a dispute in writing, along with documentation.Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
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Each tree has promised itself right up from the ground, branches full of dying... Elegy Written In A City Cemetery Sina Queyras Somebody left the world last night, and last, and last, and last: wild is the glower of wind, and words too thin, too meek to shelter.Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 10 Jan. 2025
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Between 1850 and 1860, it’s estimated that Harriet sheltered hundreds of people fleeing slavery.Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Encamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encamp. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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