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encampment

[en-kamp-muhnt] / ɛnˈkæmp mənt /
NOUN
camp
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Teacher Ignacio Ismael died on May 26 after suffering health complications while at the encampment near the historic center.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

When city authorities dismantled an encampment along the side of a railway line last month, he couldn't find housing for everyone.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 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

Given the UN encampment was on the road to the airport, I knew I was beginning the journey north of Kinshasa, with half a mile of marsh separating me from the river.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer




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