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bivouac

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verb

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as in to tent
to live in a camp or the outdoors the army bivouacked for the night by the lake

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Recent Examples of bivouac
Noun
The bivouac is just a temporary perch where hundreds of bees will swarm to and cluster as scout bees look for a new permanent dwelling. Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Apr. 2025 It was followed by a two-day marathon stage with volcanic terrain that led into a field of splendid canyons, and a special bivouac without service vehicles. Sue Mead, Popular Science, 13 Feb. 2025 There is even a vintage bivouac (mountain hut for sleeping) on display. Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 The decision to conduct an initial survey and then, later, bivouac inland had been made by someone higher up. Jeff Vandermeer, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024 Images of parrots and bivouacs, acid-green leaves and misty forests filled my head. Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 5 May 2024 Whatever the future of downtown may hold, the present offers a grimmer form of walkable density: a growing city of tents and cardboard bivouacs lined up along Skid Row. Curbed, 29 Nov. 2023 The team carrying the stretcher had passed a bivouac site about 500 meters, or 1,640 feet, below the surface on Sunday, the European Cave Rescue Association said. Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2023 Kovacs said lifting Dickey could take several days and that several bivouac points are being prepared along the way so the rescue personnel and Dickey can rest. Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2023
Verb
Some cyclists thrive on riding 1,000 miles in cutoff denim shorts, drinking from streams, bivouacking under the stars, and tempting fate with every decision. Stephanie Pearson, WIRED, 31 May 2021 Maoist rebels bivouacked in valleys beyond Kathmandu, promising to topple the monarch and his parliamentary cronies, and install an egalitarian people’s republic. Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023 Thousands of those fighters are now bivouacked in Belarus. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 23 July 2023 Mazzei’s vineyards showed promise but, according to one legend, were destroyed during the Revolutionary War by rambunctious Hessian prisoners bivouacked there. Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023 And now comes the coronavirus, which has prompted people to bivouac in their homes, theaters to put in place social-distancing restrictions and studios to postpone most theatrical releases through the end of April. New York Times, 14 Mar. 2020 At the end of Pine Creek Canyon Road, nearly 800 girls are bivouacked at Camp Lo-Mia, a retreat for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. AZCentral.com, 23 July 2019 During the Civil War, troops bivouacked in farm fields. John Kelly, Washington Post, 1 May 2018 At night, the POWs bivouacked in fields Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 5 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bivouac
Noun
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2025
  • Spend summer at lake Army Corps of Engineers seeks volunteer park attendants and campsite cleaners for the summer recreation season at Beaver Lake.
    Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2025
Verb
  • The Athenaeum Music & Arts Library received $3,000 for tenting and fumigation for termite extermination.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Bake in oven until cookie is golden brown on top and set around the edges, 25 to 30 minutes, tenting loosely with aluminum foil to prevent over-browning, if needed.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • He was then taken to the only person in L.A. with the right permits to house an alligator, and that person happened to work in the film industry.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 14 May 2025
  • Dickson said the site at 605-609 Davis Street now houses two vacant lots and is in blighted condition.
    Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
Noun
  • The category includes small hotels and motels, guesthouses, cottages and cabins, and RV parks and campgrounds.
    Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 May 2025
  • The cashless policy applies to entrance stations, backcountry permit offices, and campgrounds.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
Verb
  • Hall and Hind spent months encamped in Eucalyptus’s Sydney, Australia offices, learning how the company’s customer support systems worked.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Mahan said that homeless residents who had encamped around the surrounding areas would receive priority access to the tiny home community.
    Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • These Literary Bad Moms Can Help (Exclusive) 02 of 07 'The Beach' by Alex Garland This tense, transportive 1996 novel by Alex Garland that's also the basis of that unforgettable Leonardo DiCaprio flick chronicles the rise and fall of a community of backpackers quietly camping out on a Thai island.
    Andrea Bartz, People.com, 18 May 2025
  • When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
    STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 May 2025
Noun
  • The city has also been cracking down on homeless encampments, arrests that were almost unheard of even five years ago.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 16 May 2025
  • As frustration intensifies over street homelessness, Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging local governments across California to effectively ban public camping and move faster to close dangerous encampments.
    Ethan Varian, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2025
Verb
  • On that occasion, the international community swung behind India, with the U.S. offering counterterrorism support while calling on Pakistan to stop sheltering terrorists.
    Ayesha Jalal, The Conversation, 8 May 2025
  • These accounts have significant tax advantages: Your investment earnings are sheltered from taxes while your savings are growing.
    Steve Vernon, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025

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“Bivouac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bivouac. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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