bivouacs 1 of 2

plural of bivouac

bivouacs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bivouac
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as in tents
to live in a camp or the outdoors the army bivouacked for the night by the lake

Synonyms & Similar Words

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Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bivouacs
Noun
  • Its 80,000 residents welcome travelers with arms wide open and the area has all the things RV travelers need for a successful trip—from wide roads and easy parking to good food and welcoming campgrounds.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Many of the trails run near rivers, inland lakes and campgrounds.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Where to stay In the residential Recoleta neighborhood, a 1920s tower, once the tallest in South America, houses 142-room Casa Lucia Meliá Collection.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The company houses other productions, not least an upcoming reimagination of Dick Van Dyke family classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, which is in the works with Amazon MGM Studios.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Several of the city’s small homeless campsites were broken down, leading some of the homeless to enter shelters temporarily.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Deacon and his wife bought the three-hundred-acre ranch during the pandemic and are trying to make a go of it, renting out two trailers and a couple of bare campsites.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Our analysis tells us that this blend of rebuilding, new development and camps built for their future purpose as suburbs can work.
    Shelly Culbertson, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • For starters, Laney-Hamilton saw many players on Saturday who have grown from previous camps – both physically and in terms of their games.
    Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Remove firewood, bricks, boards, tarps, or vegetation up against the house, which shelters insects that provide food for spiders, says Gray.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Lawmakers and students who testified at the hearing also focused on pro-Palestine encampments at the University of Wisconsin campuses in spring 2024.
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • As a result, violent crime has fallen to levels not seen since the 1950s, tent encampments are at record lows, and for the first time in years, San Franciscans believe our city is moving in the right direction.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their moves come against the backdrop of a competitive primary fight for the Senate in 2026, as Paxton lodges a conservative challenge against the incumbent.
    Julia Mueller, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • School districts purchase iPads while textbooks fall apart and roofs leak.
    Mark Dalton, Oc Register, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Bivouacs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bivouacs. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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