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bivouac

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verb

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as in to tent
to live in a camp or the outdoors the army bivouacked for the night by the lake

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Recent Examples of bivouac
Noun
The decision to conduct an initial survey and then, later, bivouac inland had been made by someone higher up. Jeff Vandermeer, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024 Images of parrots and bivouacs, acid-green leaves and misty forests filled my head. Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 5 May 2024 Whatever the future of downtown may hold, the present offers a grimmer form of walkable density: a growing city of tents and cardboard bivouacs lined up along Skid Row. Curbed, 29 Nov. 2023 The team carrying the stretcher had passed a bivouac site about 500 meters, or 1,640 feet, below the surface on Sunday, the European Cave Rescue Association said. Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2023 Kovacs said lifting Dickey could take several days and that several bivouac points are being prepared along the way so the rescue personnel and Dickey can rest. Lawrence Richard, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2023 Under the proposal, the cost of camping in both traditional campgrounds, like Watchman, and in wilderness areas, like a bivouac along a rock wall, would go up in most instances. Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023 The bivouac fell into a ravine, but no one happened to be in the building at the time. Alessio Perrone, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2023 There is a name for any alcohol-free bivouac of sportsmen. The Editors, Field & Stream, 10 Oct. 2020
Verb
Some cyclists thrive on riding 1,000 miles in cutoff denim shorts, drinking from streams, bivouacking under the stars, and tempting fate with every decision. Stephanie Pearson, WIRED, 31 May 2021 Maoist rebels bivouacked in valleys beyond Kathmandu, promising to topple the monarch and his parliamentary cronies, and install an egalitarian people’s republic. Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023 Thousands of those fighters are now bivouacked in Belarus. John Bacon, USA TODAY, 23 July 2023 Mazzei’s vineyards showed promise but, according to one legend, were destroyed during the Revolutionary War by rambunctious Hessian prisoners bivouacked there. Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023 And now comes the coronavirus, which has prompted people to bivouac in their homes, theaters to put in place social-distancing restrictions and studios to postpone most theatrical releases through the end of April. New York Times, 14 Mar. 2020 At the end of Pine Creek Canyon Road, nearly 800 girls are bivouacked at Camp Lo-Mia, a retreat for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. AZCentral.com, 23 July 2019 During the Civil War, troops bivouacked in farm fields. John Kelly, Washington Post, 1 May 2018 At night, the POWs bivouacked in fields Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 5 Sep. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bivouac
Noun
  • Though Rancho del Oso currently features just three short sections of trail (less than a mile each), the area includes Waddell State Beach (one of the top wind-surfing spots in North America), a welcome center (rebuilt and reopened in 2023), a nature and history center and six campsites.
    Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Afterward, there will be s’mores by the fire at the newest county conservation land campsite.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Even the West Indian drywood termite, the one that prompts tenting, is technically invasive.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
  • After roasting for four hours at 350 degrees, the turkey should be tented with foil to prevent browning, according to Butterball.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • In the United States, a trend of consolidation in agriculture, particularly dairies, has seen more animals housed together on ever-larger farms as the number of small farms has rapidly shrunk.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Many of the original tiles, now housed in international collections like the British Museum and the V&A, were digitally reconstructed and displayed in the adjacent museum.
    Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Starting in June, the Holidays Camp Community will offer bell tents in eight campsites on the campground’s western loop.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Grand Canyon National Park proposed a price increase for three of its campgrounds on the North Rim and is inviting public feedback through the end of the year.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 16 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Hall and Hind spent months encamped in Eucalyptus’s Sydney, Australia offices, learning how the company’s customer support systems worked.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Since April, amid the now eight-month long Israel-Hamas war, university students in over two dozen schools across the country have taken to protesting and encamping in solidarity with Palestine to get their schools to break direct and indirect ties with Israel.
    Brenda Barrientos, refinery29.com, 14 June 2024
Verb
  • The annual Snowflake release goes on sale at the distillery tomorrow, and people have been camped out since Thursday morning to secure their place in line.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Whether running on beaches, camping in the wilderness, or chasing drones, Calusa embraces life with boundless joy.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Lurie was able to tap into voter disillusionment over brazen retail theft, crime, open-air drug dens, and homeless encampments that made residents fearful and businesses flee.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Yes, but: Valley cities that have taken steps to crack down on homeless encampments have largely done so as a result of the Grants Pass decision, not Proposition 312.
    Jeremy Duda, Axios, 12 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The smell of smoke filled the air even indoors, and those sheltering stayed awake through most of the night.
    Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Pepperdine University students were told to shelter in place.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 12 Dec. 2024

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“Bivouac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bivouac. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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