encamp
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Brooke Keast, spokeswoman for the Nevada Department of Corrections, said 19 networks and 120 reporters are expected to encamp outside Lovelock Correctional Center, where he is serving time for robbery and kidnapping convictions in 2008.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2017
Every summer, as part of a Landsbjörg initiative called Safe Travel, rescue teams encamp there for a week at a time to patrol the area and be on hand for the inevitable mishaps.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 9, 2015
They also attract squatters, who sometimes encamp beneath covered patios, he said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2011
In the Sanayeh Gardens, the public gardens, refugees from bombed-out homes encamp under strange tall trees that bulge at the top.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They encamp at no great distance from the village, and divest themselves of their much-prized ornaments, which are carried back by the women, who have followed them for this purpose.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman
Every four years, news organizations commit millions of dollars to the care and feeding of the journalistic army — 15,000 strong this time around — that encamps in the two host cities.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2012
When a battalion marches into some remote, Ultima Thulish town and encamps for a few days or months, the soldiers practice shoe making, tinsmithing, weaving, carpentering and all manner of simple crafts.
From Time Magazine Archive
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It offers enemy nuclear missiles no good targets, encamps no unit bigger than a battalion in a single area.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Johnson encamps at the end of Lake George.
From A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical by Charles Prestwood Lucas
The angel of the Lord encamps About those who revere him, and saves them.
From The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman
Exeter had Woodburn yellow-carded for a deliberate knock-on five minutes later as Leicester encamped themselves deep in the visitors' red zone.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
One executive still firmly encamped at Apple is Cook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
They listened to their encamped students and agreed to some of their demands.
From Salon ● May 23, 2024
Those who are encamped cannot be cited, either.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
He did well to send me, Reek told himself as he climbed back onto his stot to lead his ragged column back across the boggy ground to where the northmen were encamped.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Finally a move was made to the southern side of Lake Ontario, the army encamping at the mouth of what is now known as the Salmon River, a little east of Oswego.
From Count Frontenac Makers of Canada, Volume 3 by William Dawson LeSueur
Leaving the gap, the division marched that afternoon six miles, joining the Potomac army at night, encamping in a field.
From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by J. Newton Terrill
Not long afterwards the whole host began to assemble below Pesth, encamping on the bank of the Danube; a bridge suddenly sprang into sight, and across it passed army corps, heavy cannons and wagons.
From The Slaves of the Padishah by M?r J?kai
The next day the column again started, marching seven miles, the 2d corps halting at Buckley's Mills, and the 3d corps encamping at Catlet's Station.
From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by J. Newton Terrill
After resting an hour orders were given to move again, marching three miles to Upperville, encamping on the ground where Buford had a cavalry fight with the rebel leader, Stuart, the year previous.
From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by J. Newton Terrill
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