camped

past tense of camp

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of camped Escorted back by Israeli police and the Israeli military early Tuesday morning, the family passed by the settlers who had previously taken over the home, now camped in a tent outside. — Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026 Dozens of outlets, ranging from CNN and ITV News to PMC’s very own Variety and Hollywood Reporter, were camped outside the NRG train station. — Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026 At one point, Rodriguez said, Venezuelans camped in tents on the sidewalk at the company's office park in suburban Sandy, waiting for work and accepting food while migrant shelters were full. — CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 At one point, Rodriguez said, Venezuelans camped in tents on the sidewalk at the company’s office park in suburban Sandy, waiting for work and accepting food while migrant shelters were full. — Elliot Spagat, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 On the 32-yard third-quarter touchdown to Jakobi Meyers, Lawrence dodged the rush and Meyers basically camped out along the back line and waited for the throw to reach him. — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026 Many migrants, including unaccompanied minors, remain sleeping in the streets and camped on a beach despite authorities’ efforts to shelter, register and deport those who are eligible back to Morocco. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026 Hundreds of residents returned to the streets the following day, marching toward the Trampolín and Benítez beach areas where migrants were camped and repeating the same chant, according to EFE. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Reporters are camped out in the hallway, working on advance stories, preparing themselves for any sort of decision to come. — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 1 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for camped
Verb
  • This will give you an opportunity to notice what should be housed elsewhere.
    — Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, the agency housed an average of 16 detainees daily there this year, at a cost of millions of dollars, the report found.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • First, the law takes its time in responding to new technologies, figuring that new tools can be accommodated within existing ideas, rules, and doctrines.
    — Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • But, as seen in Piddington, that strategy can create challenges when a large asylum facility is proposed near a small community that has historically accommodated relatively few asylum seekers.
    — Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • His attorney has said Garces-Perez remains seriously ill and has a bullet lodged in his body while being held at an ICE detention facility.
    — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The bullet lodged close to Garces Perez's spine and had not been removed as of last week.
    — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Thousands sheltered on Monday in evacuation centres in the Thai capital, parts of it still flooded after havoc brought by intense weekend rain, while swelling reservoirs in an eastern province triggered orders for more to leave their homes.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The new 50% tariffs on $20 billion of Canadian goods will hammer many small- and medium-sized businesses, including family firms, that up to this point have been largely sheltered from the trade war.
    — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026

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“Camped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/camped. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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