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as in tented
to live in a camp or the outdoors
the hike will take several days, and we plan to encamp along the trail
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as in housed
to provide with living quarters or shelter
as the hurricane raged outside, the stranded tourists were encamped overnight in the high school gym
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Verb
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County of Los Angeles Animal Care and Control Officers said that all of the ducks were safely transferred to care centers, where they will be housed and cared for.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026 -
The Au Vieux Campeur collection will be housed here, emphasizing Gerbi’s intention to establish it as a stand-alone brand.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
15 Jan. 2026
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The radio station just happens to be where Vickie (Amybeth McNulty) and Max (Sadie Sink) are camped out, radioing the team in the Upside Down for nervous updates.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2025
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The place has since been abandoned, though Victor does point the Ghoul in the direction of some NCR remnants who are camped out in the hills.—
Jack King,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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This shows a circular, counter-clockwise navigation of the sea that accommodated winds and currents.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Children are also happily accommodated.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Jan. 2026
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And after miraculously surviving the attack that left her with facial paralysis and a bullet forever lodged in her brain, Buttafuoco was immediately, unwillingly thrust into the spotlight.—
Janine Rubenstein,
PEOPLE,
16 Jan. 2026
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Limon’s case comes as city officials paid last month $700,000 to settle lawsuits brought by two former police officers who also claimed their colleagues lodged racist remarks.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
15 Jan. 2026
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Bieber will watch Smith deliver that message from backstage, private and sheltered from view.—
Sam Kestenbaum,
Vulture,
2 Jan. 2026
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As reports flooded in, hundreds of students sheltered in place across campus buildings, including Solomon Hall, where police said that roughly 150 to 300 people were barricaded inside.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Encamped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encamped. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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