tent city

Example Sentences

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Thirty-one year old Montaser Masoud told me he had joined al-Astal's new tent city two months ago with his wife and four children, crossing the Yellow Line at night to avoid Hamas, and after coordination with Israeli forces.

From BBC

His group is small - maybe tens of fighters - but is increasingly confident, and runs a well-supplied tent city near Khan Younis.

From BBC

“Maybe next week we’ll be able to go back,” Qudaih said from Al Mawasi, an overcrowded tent city along the beach in the southern Gaza Strip.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over the last few weeks, a massive tent city has risen at the Orange County base — about 25 miles southeast of downtown L.A.

From Los Angeles Times

Tent City during the 'Year of the Mud' of 1997.

From BBC