makeshift
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About 60 volunteers with clipboards spread out over Hollywood on Tuesday morning to count every tent, makeshift shelter, lived-in vehicle and obviously homeless person.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
Israeli forces established a makeshift base using an old airstrip in Iraq early in the war against Iran, two security officials told AFP, confirming a report by the Wall Street Journal.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
The system also allowed Cucurella to push higher as an attacking wing‑back, exploiting makeshift Liverpool full-back Curtis Jones on that side.
From BBC • May 9, 2026
A makeshift forward-operating base was set up inside Iran and used in the mission to rescue the U.S. airmen whose plane went down in early April.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Now the Americans were setting up a makeshift headquarters in the same buildings recently used by the Viet Cong.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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