encampment
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If built, a wire-fenced encampment a 15-minute walk from the village will become home to the asylum seekers, who would be free to come and go as they please.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Each action involves months of preparation, developing a by-name list of people in the encampment and offering shelter at a county-purchased motel in Lancaster.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
A water main break flooded streets in a Westlake neighborhood Thursday, including a nearby homeless encampment that was surrounded by water in the early morning hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Soto-Martínez said he believed it was the first instance of an encampment ban being rescinded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
He’s gone clean out to San Francisco in California for an encampment of the Grand Army.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
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