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Then, when the roads disappear, you're met not with horses, but with reindeer, which will cart you three hours to your final destination: an Airbnb tepee with your hosts, Otgonbayar and Zorigt, members of the nomadic Dukha tribe. — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, "You'll Need a Reindeer to Get to This Airbnb in Mongolia," 19 Nov. 2018 The tribe moves through the Taiga forest with its reindeer, following the moss the herd snacks on every few weeks, setting up tepees as needed. — Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, "You'll Need a Reindeer to Get to This Airbnb in Mongolia," 19 Nov. 2018 This summer, Off the Map Travel is introducing three-night trips on Norway’s Lofoten Islands, a mountainous and fjord-filled region above the Arctic Circle, based in tepee tents decorated in the style of the indigenous Sami people. — Elaine Glusac, New York Times, "Glamping Slips Into the Mainstream," 15 June 2018 Duane Linklater, an Omaskêko Ininiwak artist from Canada, has installed towering tripodal works that recall the structure of the tepee and contrast starkly with the ever-rising condominium towers surrounding the High Line. — Daniel Mcdermon, New York Times, "8 Outdoor Art Installations in New York to Get Excited About," 25 May 2018 In the Mark penthouse, whose square footage is eleven thousand feet, with a rack rate of seventy-five thousand dollars a night, an industrious six-year-old was seated inside a canvas tepee. — Bob Morris, The New Yorker, "The Coloring Book Enters Its Baroque Phase," 11 June 2018 Polar bears, igloos, frozen seas, and tepees combine to create a dreamy, almost surreal trance in Song on the Wind, by Caroline Everson and illustrator Anne Marie Bourgeois. — Monitor Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, "Voyages, animals, beauty for the youngest readers," 11 June 2018 Hinman said part of the farm’s appeal was sitting around a fire in the tepee and drinking hot cocoa. — Peter Marteka, Courant Community, "Craftsbury Christmas Farm Tradition Coming To An End After 23 Years," 19 Dec. 2017 Attendees were housed in white tepee-like tents, with portable toilets set up down a dirt path. — Casey Schwartz, New York Times, "How to Hack Your Brain (for $5,000)," 21 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tepee.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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