bivouac

Example Sentences

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They also allege he started out two hours too late and had failed to take "enough emergency bivouac equipment".

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

Kovacs said that lifting Dickey will likely take several days, and that several bivouac points are being prepared along the way so that Dickey and rescue teams can rest.

From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2023

The bivouac fell into a ravine, but no one happened to be in the building at the time.

From Scientific American • Apr. 3, 2023

The whole population was busy all night, and the streets are now like a bivouac with sleeping men.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 7, 2021

Five minutes after waking up, I was climbing away from the bivouac.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer