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as in campsite
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins
the war forced people to flee their homes and to live in crowded camps along the border
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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter
some out-of-town delegates to the convention were camped in university dorms
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Recent Examples of camp
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
The camp blends fun dance instruction with bold characters, exciting music and imaginative storytelling.
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Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026
Mery Mogollón,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Those staying overnight can camp just back from the dunes, but note that sites are only available on the Maryland side of the island.
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Terry Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
26 June 2026
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Noun
Hamner’s in-laws have a family hunting camp that killed fifty in one week this past fall.
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Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
The camp blends fun dance instruction with bold characters, exciting music and imaginative storytelling.
—
Hema Sivanandam,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026
Verb
Thousands of people are homeless, many camped out on streets.
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Mery Mogollón,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2026
Those staying overnight can camp just back from the dunes, but note that sites are only available on the Maryland side of the island.
—
Terry Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
26 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for camp
Noun
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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In the summer, the huts are staffed and the meals are famously hearty.
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Nearby hamlets like Findeln and Zmutt are perfect for a rustic lunch in a traditional mountain hut, while the charming town of Brig, just down the valley, makes an easy day trip by train.
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Sinister Wisdom operated out of a little white brick cottage Nicholson bought in East Charlotte at 3116 Country Club Drive, which Mecklenburg County added to its prospective historic landmark list in 2021 to be considered for the designation.
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There are also plenty of other lodging configurations across the vast property, including full-sized cottages.
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The April 2025 incident at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey sent three teenagers to a hospital, months after a California oversight body ruled the facility was not a safe place for youths to be housed.
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The Loews Kansas City houses 1587 Prime, the steakhouse co-owned by football celebs Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce.
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In his weirdest picture—the late, baroque, campy Allegory of Faith—a bug-eyed female figure is shown clutching her chest, one foot balanced perilously on a globe, while a snake gushing blood from its jaws gyrates in the foreground.
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This has since taken on cult classic status, but when it was released in 1999, audiences had no idea what to make of this campy satire set at a lesbian conversion therapy camp.
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In Utah, federal land managers have closed public lands near the Cottonwood Fire as a precaution, and in New Mexico, forest officials closed campgrounds and trails near a wildfire burning in the Jemez Mountains.
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That’s one of the focal points of Centeroo, the hub for main stages, food and vendors; Outeroo is the area where campgrounds and secondary stages can be found.
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Alyssa Olsen, 27, said her family's cabin also burned.
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Now, the cabin where those memories were made has been reduced to ash.
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On June 3, Walden went to the hospital, where a CT scan revealed the metal bristle had become lodged in his bowel and had begun puncturing his intestine.
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On a hike in 2005, Flod came across a truck tire lodged between two boulders in Malibu Creek.
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“Camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camp. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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