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Whelan, a former Marine who lived in Novi, was accused of espionage and convicted in June 2020 during a closed-door trial and sentenced to 16 years of hard labor in a work camp.
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Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
After an attempt to find a new sanctuary goes awry, Caesar and the apes find themselves in a brutal work camp run by the spine-chillingly creepy Colonel (Woody Harrelson).
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 10 May 2024
Author Antonia Hylton masterfully explores all 93 years of the institution’s existence, from its humble beginnings as a small work camp to its end as a walled city housing thousands of patients.
—Ed Martin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
After the father, Nathan (Paul Winfield), is arrested for stealing ham and shipped off to an unknown work camp, eldest son David Lee (Kevin Hooks) takes a journey with the family dog, Sounder, to try and find him.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 14 May 2024
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Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
After an attempt to find a new sanctuary goes awry, Caesar and the apes find themselves in a brutal work camp run by the spine-chillingly creepy Colonel (Woody Harrelson).
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 10 May 2024
Author Antonia Hylton masterfully explores all 93 years of the institution’s existence, from its humble beginnings as a small work camp to its end as a walled city housing thousands of patients.
—Ed Martin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
After the father, Nathan (Paul Winfield), is arrested for stealing ham and shipped off to an unknown work camp, eldest son David Lee (Kevin Hooks) takes a journey with the family dog, Sounder, to try and find him.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 14 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for work camp
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Reinhold Kulle was an SS member in the elite Death’s Head division and a guard at Gross-Rosen concentration camp.Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 11 Sep. 2024
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Watch on Max The Zone of Interest In 1943, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) was the commandant of Auschwitz who spent his days playing god with the lives of the concentration camp’s innocent prisoners.Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 29 Oct. 2024
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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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In July 1942, the Nazis ordered Anne’s older sister, Margot, to return to Germany and report to a labor camp.Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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Scarborough died July 28, 1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in Common Grave 215, according to prison camp and other historical records.Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2024
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In Montgomery Alabama, a stand alone prison camp that is usually pretty laid back, prisoners decided on a bit of civil disobedience and opted to skip eating in the dining hall.Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Work camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20camp. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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