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Recent Examples of labor camp
Those accused of disloyalty or dissent face brutal punishments, including imprisonment in labor camps, torture, or execution.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Before my parents were liberated they were imprisoned in labor camps.
—Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 1 July 2024
Griner went on trial 134 days into her detainment and was sentenced to nine years in a labor camp.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
There are regulations to make sure Virginia's 235 migrant labor camps have safe working conditions.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
Before my parents were liberated they were imprisoned in labor camps.
—Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 1 July 2024
Griner went on trial 134 days into her detainment and was sentenced to nine years in a labor camp.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
There are regulations to make sure Virginia's 235 migrant labor camps have safe working conditions.
—Karri Peifer, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labor camp
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The Closure The Bureau of Prisons announced Thursday plans to close the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, California, and deactivate minimum-security prison camps in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Florida.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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In addition to closing FCI Dublin, the Bureau of Prisons is shuttering its minimum-security prison camps in Pensacola, Fla.; Duluth, Minn.; and Morgantown, W.Va.Michael R. Sisak and Michael Balsamo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
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It was described in the script as representing the barracks of the concentration camps where Tóth and his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) were imprisoned.Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
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The ambiguities that result are fascinating and provocative, though Corbet never quite thinks them through: If László is creating, in effect, architectural poetry after Auschwitz, does this poetry redeem the cruelty and brutality of the concentration camps or reproduce it?Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
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Transgender people, the text states, will be sent to work camps indefinitely.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 18 Nov. 2024
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Selly’s father escaped from a work camp and returned to Budapest.Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 9 May 2024
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In September, the Yankees removed Stroman from their rotation and began preparing him for a possible bullpen role for when the playoffs started.Brendan Kuty, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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The Chicago Cubs need a closer to finalize their bullpen for 2025.Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
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If convicted as charged, the men face sentences ranging from probation to seven years and two months in jail, according to prosecutors.Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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In addition, some defendants have been held in jail for weeks or months without the ability to speak to their attorney, according to the ACLU of Idaho.Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20camp. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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