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encampment

[en-kamp-muhnt] / ɛnˈkæmp mənt /
NOUN
camp
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The white-robed pilgrims on buses or on foot arrived at the sprawling encampment in Mina after performing the "tawaf" -- walking seven times around the Kaaba, the giant black cube at Mecca's Grand Mosque.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Those aboard the train had been on their way to Quetta's main railway station from a nearby military encampment, officials said.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

At the entrance of a sprawling military encampment some 100 kilometres away from Derna, a towering portrait of Haftar overlooked the scene.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

The fire began near a homeless encampment lined with wood, Los Angeles Fire Department Asst.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

We rode across the countryside towards Boston, and the encampment of the enemy.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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