tent cities
- plural of tent city.
Example Sentences
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Hundreds still living in tent cities after a 6.9-magnitude quake rocked the island in late September were also "forcibly evacuated for their own safety", Ramos said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2025
It says about 100,000 people are being directed to head towards tent cities in nearby Khan Younis and Al Mawasi.
From BBC ● May 6, 2024
Now the tent cities in the woods along the rivers stretched as far as the eye could see, rivaling those photographed by Dorothea Lange during the Great Depression.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
But a stream of conflicting reports has sent them on an exhausting emotional roller-coaster as they huddle in crowded apartments, tent cities and shelters.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Here the populace stays in the big winter hotels at reduced rates, or rents itself cottages, or lives in one or the other of the unique tent cities.
From The Rules of the Game by White, Stewart Edward
