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tents 1 of 2

noun

plural of tent

as in canopies

a raised covering over something for decoration or protection a huge tent was erected for the outdoor wedding reception

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verb

present tense third-person singular of tent

as in camps (out)

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This will include tents for visitors to participate in family-friendly activities, while still maintaining the in-water display. — Michelle Richardson, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Trucks were carrying food, tents, medicine and other supplies to communities accessible by road, while army helicopters delivered aid to remote mountain villages. — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026 There were large puddles of waste around the camp and in the gullies between tents. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Accessibility There are golf carts to help transport visitors around, but the paths leading to many of the tents are not paved, and are narrow, windy, and uneven. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Those roots go back to 1952, when Moncler began in the French Alps as a maker of tents and sleeping bags. — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2026 The Sunday spotlight tends to find the blue tents and sideline training tables. — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2026 In the tents erected in Munich for Oktoberfest, the atmosphere can be intoxicating enough without the alcohol. — Erik Kirschbaum, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Collecting data from the medical tents on race courses where runners seek care is the best way to help event organizers prepare for and avoid inevitable crises, writes Vibhu Krishna in a new First Opinion. — STAT, 2 Oct. 2026

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Thick oak canopies also shelter birds from severe weather, and their branches and trunk hollows create nesting sites for spring.

— Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026
ShadeLA is promoting a shift in strategy to include quick, temporary shade, such as pop-up canopies and tents, plus permanent shade structures, such as bus shelters, that can fill the gaps where trees aren’t growing.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

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Architectural historians describe Googie style as a bold strain of Mid-Century Modernism, notable for big neon signs and swooping roofs, especially popular among restaurants, bowling alleys and car washes, now increasingly rare.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
More than thirteen hundred Waymos whir and glide in the region, the lidar sensors that spin in hat-like domes atop their roofs giving them an air of busy importance.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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