encampment
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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
Last year, Carter ruled that the city could not document that it has offered shelter or housing to anyone whose encampment had been “resolved,” throwing the city’s capacity to meet the goal into doubt.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The men from the northlands closed the gates of their encampment, retreated behind their wooden wall.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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