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Noun
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In addition to the lodges, families can pitch a tent or park an RV at one of the park's various campgrounds.—
Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
9 May 2026 -
The fires scorched trails, campgrounds and beloved ecosystems in and around Rocky Mountain National Park and the Arapahoe and Roosevelt national forests.—
Kyle Manley,
The Conversation,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Without due process, everyone of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast was forced to abandon (or sell, usually at a significant loss) their homes, farms and businesses before being put in camps like Manzanar.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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Lewis had a successful solo career, her breakup with Sennett left some lasting scars, professionally and personally, and communication between the two camps seemed largely nonexistent.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
13 May 2026
Noun
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By the eve of World War I, Opatija boasted 24 hotels, 36 boardinghouses, and 12 sanatoriums attended by 80 physicians.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
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Behind Jovan, the posse breaks into boardinghouses, yanks a miner from behind a grocery counter, shoots another dead in his home.—
Masha Hamilton,
Longreads,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And our best times at motels were spent swimming in the dark in the motel pool.—
Anne Carson,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025
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