tent city
noun
: a collection of many tents set up in an area to provide usually temporary shelter (as for displaced or homeless people)
Tent cities of displaced homeowners have sprung up in the state's Central Valley—even in the capital, Sacramento.—
Matt Woolsey
Matt WoolseyAnti-sweatshop protesters at FSU pitched a tent city last March to demand that the school join the Workers Rights Consortium …—Meline Toumani et al.
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The same goes for the European Union, which could build tent cities for temporary refuge.
—Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
Urban Alchemy won a $463,000 city contract to manage the Sausalito tent city housed at a public tennis court during the pandemic.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
More than 1 million people have squeezed in and around the southern city of Rafah, joining swelling tent cities near the Egyptian border.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
The creation of the sprawling tent cities would be paid for by the the U.S. and its Arab Gulf partners, the proposal reportedly said.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
Mayor Eric Adams, an outspoken Democratic critic of Biden's handling of the border crisis, said his administration has worked to find safe shelter for the migrants and prevent tent cities from being erected like elsewhere in the country.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024
Rafah's makeshift tent city Satellite image ©2024 Maxar Technologies
The top commander in charge of Israel’s military operation in southern Gaza told CNN on Sunday that there was no plan in place yet for how to minimize civilian deaths in the city.
—Amir Tal and Mick Krever, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
Participants will run day and night while camping in a temporary tent city and taking part in activities in the Ragnar Village, all located within Centennial Park.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024
Rafah is the last refuge for Palestinians fleeing Israel’s bombardment and more than 1.5 million people are crammed into a sprawling tent city packed against the Egyptian border, with families living with severe shortages of food, water, medicine and shelter.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
Elliott Abrams, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
Urban Alchemy won a $463,000 city contract to manage the Sausalito tent city housed at a public tennis court during the pandemic.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
More than 1 million people have squeezed in and around the southern city of Rafah, joining swelling tent cities near the Egyptian border.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
The creation of the sprawling tent cities would be paid for by the the U.S. and its Arab Gulf partners, the proposal reportedly said.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2024
Mayor Eric Adams, an outspoken Democratic critic of Biden's handling of the border crisis, said his administration has worked to find safe shelter for the migrants and prevent tent cities from being erected like elsewhere in the country.
—Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024
Rafah's makeshift tent city Satellite image ©2024 Maxar Technologies
The top commander in charge of Israel’s military operation in southern Gaza told CNN on Sunday that there was no plan in place yet for how to minimize civilian deaths in the city.
—Amir Tal and Mick Krever, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
Participants will run day and night while camping in a temporary tent city and taking part in activities in the Ragnar Village, all located within Centennial Park.
—Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 6 Feb. 2024
Rafah is the last refuge for Palestinians fleeing Israel’s bombardment and more than 1.5 million people are crammed into a sprawling tent city packed against the Egyptian border, with families living with severe shortages of food, water, medicine and shelter.
—Jeremy Diamond, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
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