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as in camping (out)
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 housing
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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However, data centers run hot and typically need a lot of water for cooling, which poses critical questions around the suitability of an arid and hot country like Saudi Arabia housing such infrastructure.—
Tasmin Lockwood,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025 -
Within this context, housing the Gazans will require a radical new approach to post-war reconstruction.—
Shelly Culbertson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Together, the two homes contain nine bedrooms and form a sprawling Ibizan retreat capable of comfortably accommodating lots of family and friends.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
23 Oct. 2025
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New Balance has launched a new program aimed at accommodating consumers with disabilities, limb loss or foot size discrepancies.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
22 Oct. 2025
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The city's Department of Finance manages those revenue streams, which include the city’s sales, use and lodging taxes.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
14 Oct. 2025
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The visitors bureau receives most of its revenue from taxes on lodging places and restaurants, which totaled close to $19 million in 2024.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Oct. 2025
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The last Il Mostro murder — when French couple Nadine Mauriot and Jean Michel Kraveichvili were shot while on a camping holiday — happened that same year.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Their home — the only home the girls have ever known — was one of some 6,000 destroyed in the Eaton fire, so now the family is basically camping out in a Sierra Madre apartment until their house can be rebuilt.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Oct. 2025
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The Beaver Moon takes its name from early Native American tribes as well as American colonists, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac, when beavers begin sheltering in their lodges after gathering enough food to last the winter.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
23 Oct. 2025
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Enduring hunger alongside heavy, unbelievable sounds of explosions, some of the relatives sheltering in our house decided to prepare their bags and head south.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Encamping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encamping. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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