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bivouac

[biv-oo-ak, biv-wak] / ˈbɪv uˌæk, ˈbɪv wæk /


NOUN
encampment
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NOUN
trailer park
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VERB
encamp
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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 lifting Dickey will likely take several days, and that several bivouac points are being prepared along the way so that he and rescue teams can rest.

From Seattle 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

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.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2020

At dark, word came forward to go into bivouac.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara




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