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Recent Examples of barrack
For New Yorkers barracked in our houses and apartments, or doctors and nurses scrambling for face masks, beseeching a saint to end an epidemic may not sound sufficient.
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Jason Farago, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
Army barracks torn down, new housing to come The Glendale campus was originally a U.S. Army air-training base for World War II.
—Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 June 2019
Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday.
—CBS News, 10 July 2017
The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future.
—Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
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Jason Farago, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2020
Army barracks torn down, new housing to come The Glendale campus was originally a U.S. Army air-training base for World War II.
—Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 June 2019
Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday.
—CBS News, 10 July 2017
The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future.
—Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrack
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Rather than attempting to drive more adoption across the entire iPhone 18 family, the iPhone Ultra can target the top five percent of Apple’s global user base with an exclusive handset using luxury materials and cutting-edge components.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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The Maui flip-flops target key pressure points on the sole of the foot to help evenly distribute weight and reduce stress, while the wide toe post is designed to minimize pinching and blisters.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
13 June 2026
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Create cohesiveness from room to room A luxury-smelling home isn’t one note repeated everywhere.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
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The pilot program transforms portions of 13th Street, Sansom Street and Drury Street into pedestrian-only spaces, giving residents, office workers and visitors room to dine, shop and socialize without vehicle traffic.—
Ross DiMattei,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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By contrast, Trump is being needled almost weekly by Tillis and other GOP senators whose chattiness with the press has drawn the ire of the president.—
David Sivak,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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Local billionaire and Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince has needled Katz to sell him the mountain, saying that Vail’s roll-up model has led to a worse experience.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
26 May 2026
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Jeremiah Stilley told the outlet that two people were rescued after camping out in a shoal alongside the Yakima River.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
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The best gifts for camping lovers, hikers, and backpackers make life outdoors feel seamless.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Dec. 2025
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The original Toxic Avenger was made for chump change and wore its low-budget nature proudly, while this version, which was shot in Bulgaria in 2021 and involves both practical and digital effects, tries to evoke that ragged aesthetic while working with more resources.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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This ragged archive amounts to a record of my thinking, or at least those bits that, for a moment, seemed worth saving.—
Dan Rockmore,
New Yorker,
9 Aug. 2025
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The first touched down in Lady Lake, lifting roofs off homes and overturning mobile homes.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 June 2026
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Leonard scored from the slot and Faulk roofed one into the net with his second on a power play.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 May 2026
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Police said Boyd, two other Jets players and a third friend were taunted and insulted by a group of strangers outside a restaurant, which led to an argument and physical confrontation.—
Jennifer Bisram,
CBS News,
9 Dec. 2025
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Instead, Pennywise taunts Ingrid before showing her the deadlights and leaving her (mostly) catatonic.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2025
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In the morning, one of the creeks that converges with the Guadalupe on the camp’s 700 or so acres was too high for the older girls who bunk on Senior Hill to cross.—
Karen Valby,
Vanity Fair,
16 June 2026
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This is where hundreds of workers bunked while building Henry Flagler’s Key West extension of the Florida East Coast Railway, which connected the Keys to mainland Florida.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Barrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrack. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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