tent city
Example Sentences
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Those glimpses of humanity had a way of rendering the mercenary atmosphere in the tent city incredibly disorienting—almost unreal.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
His group is small - maybe tens of fighters - but is increasingly confident, and runs a well-supplied tent city near Khan Younis.
From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025
“Maybe next week we’ll be able to go back,” Qudaih said from Al Mawasi, an overcrowded tent city along the beach in the southern Gaza Strip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 18, 2025
They packed up their chairs and furled banners, as the makeshift tent city slowly transformed back into a standard campus plaza.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024
He and Samir sat together with their backs to the flat rock, as the caravaneers erected a tent city all around them.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
