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- noun Plural form of
camp . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
camp .
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Examples
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Thai-Myanmese border, Thailand has been requested by His Excellency to look at the welfare of those in what you call camps or shelters along the Thai-Burmese border.
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According to one poll (3.3% moe), 25% of Americans would support placing Arab-Americans in "camps" until they could be "cleared" as non-terrorists.
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The vital question about the human rights practices inside the Tindouf four camps is the freedom of expression and even of movement. although Polisario officials confirm every now and then that sahraoui refugees are allowed to leave the camps any time they would like to do so, sahraouis need Algerian documents if they decide to leave and travel abroad, to get such document is not easy, unless you are a Polisario official or you have useful contacts within the sphere of Polisario leadership, but it is known that any saharoui who managed to leave the refugee camp and opt to go to western Sahara region, Moroccan authorities provide the person in question with necessary documents including a passport.
Global Voices in English » Western Sahara: Landmine Injures Five During Peaceful Protest 2009
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And its sentiment of reconciliation between intractable camps is a lesson particularly useful in these times, with our nation painfully divided along political lines and world tragically divided along religious ones.
Rodney Punt: A Glowing Roméo et Juliette -- Charles Dutoit with the LA Philharmonic in Berlioz Rodney Punt 2010
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To reduce the risk of cholera, the squalid living conditions in camps need to be addressed.
Joe Amon: Why Democracies Don't Get Cholera Joe Amon 2010
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Dollo has two long-term camps and a third camp, which opened recently to accommodate new arrivals, is already crowded.
UN: 500,000 Malnourished Children at Risk in Horn of Africa 2011
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But what are the chances that it could spread into the capital, which of course is devastated and has over a million people still living in camps after the earthquake?
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And its sentiment of reconciliation between intractable camps is a lesson particularly useful in these times, with our nation painfully divided along political lines and world tragically divided along religious ones.
Rodney Punt: A Glowing Roméo et Juliette -- Charles Dutoit with the LA Philharmonic in Berlioz Rodney Punt 2010
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And its sentiment of reconciliation between intractable camps is a lesson particularly useful in these times, with our nation painfully divided along political lines and world tragically divided along religious ones.
Rodney Punt: A Glowing Romeo et Juliette -- Charles Dutoit with the LA Philharmonic in Berlioz Rodney Punt 2010
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To reduce the risk of cholera, the squalid living conditions in camps need to be addressed.
Joe Amon: Why Democracies Don't Get Cholera Joe Amon 2010
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