tent city
Americannoun
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tent cities
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We met at what is called the Supercar Paddock, a tent city of seven-figure face-melters, hotrods and hoonigators waiting for their passes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Those glimpses of humanity had a way of rendering the mercenary atmosphere in the tent city incredibly disorienting—almost unreal.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
His group is small - maybe tens of fighters - but is increasingly confident, and runs a well-supplied tent city near Khan Younis.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2025
They packed up their chairs and furled banners, as the makeshift tent city slowly transformed back into a standard campus plaza.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2024
He and Samir sat together with their backs to the flat rock, as the caravaneers erected a tent city all around them.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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