encampment
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A water main break flooded streets in a Westlake neighborhood Thursday, including a nearby homeless encampment that was surrounded by water in the early morning hours.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Too many times, she said, residents of a nearby homeless encampment have partied late into the night — sometimes yelling, sometimes blasting music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
For the first live test of an atomic weapon, an unusual encampment sprung up in the New Mexico desert.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
For a few hours, the encampment comes alive again.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
“Now we must go down to the encampment and try to save him.”
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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