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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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The move follows tighter restrictions introduced last month, when Planet Labs increased commercial imagery delays from four days to two weeks, citing concerns that the data could be used to target NATO members.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Here are some players Gates and his staff can target come Tuesday to complement the historic freshman class coming to Columbia next season.—
Joseph Pastilha,
Kansas City Star,
5 Apr. 2026
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Poe, an architectural designer, roomed with McNally’s son Harry in the early aughts, and he was taken with the classic claw-foot tub the family had in their Thompson Street home.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
4 Apr. 2026
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That leaves room for air in the atmosphere above to subside down to the surface.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2026
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After injectable GLP-1s soared in popularity in recent years, the introduction of oral versions is seen as a way to expand the market to needle-adverse patients.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2026
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Johnson could have needled Woods about their windy Sunday stroll at Augusta in ’07, when Johnson trailed Stuart Appleby by two strokes, and Woods by one, heading into the last round in which Johnson’s 69 produced another slice of history.—
Jay Paris,
Oc Register,
26 Mar. 2026
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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Damp rags on the prep counters had no detectable sanitizer.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Each leaves different clues like slime trails, ragged edges, or missing buds.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
8 Mar. 2026
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But Norway and roof rats have existed outside state code for the simple reason that they weren’t known to be in the state.—
Mark Dee
March 31,
Idaho Statesman,
31 Mar. 2026
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In overtime with time winding down, Holloway picked up a loose puck to the left of the Sharks’ net, skated toward the crease in front of a trailing Celebrini, and beat goalie Alex Nedeljkovic, roofing a backhand shot to send San Jose to its sixth straight loss (0-5-1).—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the President taunted America’s allies, some of whom had been pleading for a settlement over Hormuz.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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The hawks are practically taunting the populists for their lack of influence.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
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For years, state regulators had asked the Sheriff’s Office to stop triple-bunking people, a practice the department acknowledged was dangerous.—
Kelly Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 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 11 Apr. 2026.
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