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as in campsite
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins
the war forced people to flee their homes and to live in crowded camps along the border
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
some out-of-town delegates to the convention were camped in university dorms
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Recent Examples of camp
Law Murray, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Police later discovered gasoline canisters, camp fuel canisters, and large firework mortars in the back of the vehicle.
—Tom Vanden Brook, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
James Factora, Them, 13 Dec. 2024
On the grass outside, burned black in places by recent fires, groups of them camped out in a grim limbo.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Even though Leonard recovered in time to participate in training camp for Team USA in July, he was withdrawn from the team before the Americans’ exhibition schedule.
—Law Murray, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Police later discovered gasoline canisters, camp fuel canisters, and large firework mortars in the back of the vehicle.
—Tom Vanden Brook, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
The activists, from the group Trans Kids Deserve Better, camped overnight outside the offices of the Department of Health and Social Care.
—James Factora, Them, 13 Dec. 2024
On the grass outside, burned black in places by recent fires, groups of them camped out in a grim limbo.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
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Noun
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There are clean public restrooms with private shower stalls, called comfort stations, within footsteps of every campsite.Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
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About 90 percent of campsites are released online six months in advance on the first day of each month at 10 a.m. EST.Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2025
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Set on 30 acres, the estate has an eclectic mix of tiki huts, limestone waterfalls, koi ponds, and, at its center, a plantation-style mansion with a large tasting room.Nora Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2025
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On his way past the lagoon, Gilligan passes Mrs. Howell, who has been trying to drown herself but never has the nerve, always coming and standing dripping wet in the doorway to the Howells’ hut, Mr. Howell lounging in his hammock with his thoughts of Ginger.Mark Richard, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Your art need not be on the walls, in fact: At this mountain farmland boutique resort, the cottages each come with a canvas that covers a sliding barn door that separates the living area from the bedroom.Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2025
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Naturally, Wiggins’s first priority was to preserve and enhance the spartan cottage’s existing architecture: the façade of rough-hewn local stone, quaint clapboard walls, restored wood floors, and exposed ceiling beams.Laura May Todd, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2025
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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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That’s no doubt because their contributions to this equally campy and earnest musical signal a truly collaborative endeavor.Manuel Betancourt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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The opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics was a campy explosion of French culture that even pouring rain couldn’t dampen as 85 boats carrying athletes from 205 delegations puttered down the Seine to rapturous applause from an enthusiastic crowd.Tess DeMeyer, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
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Narelle Whakaari, along with husband Craig (Koro) and their 4-year-old grandson Matty were enjoying the summer break at a campground an hour from their home in Tauranga.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 11 Jan. 2025
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General admission to this year’s four-day festival is $600 per person, which includes use of the campgrounds.Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025
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The company had mentioned on its website that the vessel carried life jackets in each cabin and two safety rafts for 25 people each, PEOPLE previously reported.Becca Longmire, People.com, 14 Jan. 2025
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The film is set primarily in the cabin of a small aircraft that’s transporting a government witness, with Wahlberg playing a hitman charged with taking him out.Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 12 Jan. 2025
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Abbie is a photographer recovering from cervical cancer, lodging in Dorothea's home.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
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The new Syrian government has already lodged a complaint with the U.N. Security Council about Israeli advances into Syrian territory.Josef Federman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 2024
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“Camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camp. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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