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boot camp

NOUN
basic training camp
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The CBC in those days was a bit like a boot camp for television.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

Bernadette Joy, the founder of the financial boot camp Crush Your Money Goals, who paid off $300,000 in three years, says it might help to reframe your payment plan as a daily expense.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Rush also auditioned for ITV talent show The X Factor in 2016, and made it as far as the "six-chair challenge", the stage between boot camp and judges' houses.

From BBC Dec. 18, 2025

He spent $17,000 on an 11-week coding boot camp.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 13, 2025

One funny thing that I learned later, from talking with other non-Indian Marines, was that many white men found it hard to get used to the food served at boot camp.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac




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