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encampment

[en-kamp-muhnt] / ɛnˈkæmp mənt /
NOUN
camp
Synonyms


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Five men and two women were arrested on Sunday outside the main gate of Lakenheath airbase during a peace encampment against the Iran war, Suffolk Police said.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Days later, sanitation workers cleared the encampment where he’d been living.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Three days after that exchange, a man named Gregory Antone had been at the Quirky encampment, left, and returned.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The CHP had planned to set up a solidarity encampment outside the courthouse.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

We come out in the rebel encampment, a ten-block stretch outside the train station where Peeta and I made our previous arrivals.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins




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