as in campgrounds
a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins
soldiers setting up a bivouac by the stream
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as in tents
to live in a camp or the outdoors
the army bivouacked for the night by the lake
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as in houses
to provide with living quarters or shelter
survivors of the tornado were bivouacked in the church basement
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Recent Examples of bivouacs
Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
The main reason for this simplicity is that bivouacs are built on location.
—Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 7 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bivouacs
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Guillen’s loss reflects a broader reckoning after the floods, which exposed vulnerabilities at riverside youth camps, RV parks and campgrounds.—
Gretchen Butwid,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
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Equity LifeStyle Properties Earnings in January showed that business is humming at the real estate investment trust and operator of RV campgrounds and manufactured home communities, according to the bank.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
7 Feb. 2026
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Most winters, the firm houses more than 5,000 boats and marine pleasure craft.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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That’s a massive problem, because a detention center that’s open 24 hours a day and houses enough humans to populate a small city will put a far greater strain on public resources than any warehouse could.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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Official hotels in Soria's capital are all fully booked, leaving private home rentals on Facebook Marketplace or rural campsites as the only remaining options.—
Ryan Craggs,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Feb. 2026
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Camping Regulations All campsites share the same basic regulations.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2026
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Now a grandmother, the 65-year-old often camps with up to four generations of her family, from her husband to her grandchildren.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
1 Dec. 2025
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On Tuesday, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives said that his death was being investigated as a potential connection to three other homicides that have happened at the same group of encampments in Willowbrook over four months, dating back to last October.—
Rachel Kim,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Pathway Home, the county program that cleans up encampments and moves people into motels and shelters, will see a $92-million cut in funding, according to the county homeless department.—
Andrew Khouri,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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The country currently shelters nearly 2 million refugees, the most in Africa.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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This slime shelters symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria.—
Andrew Coletti,
Popular Science,
14 Jan. 2026
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In addition, through diplomatic channels in both Beijing and Tokyo, Japan lodges strong representations and protests, stating that maritime and scientific surveys conducted in our EEZ without Japan's consent are unacceptable and must be immediately stopped.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Their moves come against the backdrop of a competitive primary fight for the Senate in 2026, as Paxton lodges a conservative challenge against the incumbent.—
Julia Mueller,
The Hill,
15 Aug. 2025
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Oceanview rooms with a terrace are worth the upgrade, with the floor-to-ceiling windows drawing in every shade of Caribbean blue.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
3 Dec. 2025
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“Bivouacs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bivouacs. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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