brig

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Recent Examples of brig It’s believed the 124-foot ship is a schooner or brig built in the mid-19th century, with its hull sheathed in copper. Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 20 June 2024 The few sailors who were responding to Brooks’ commands climbed aloft to square the yards so that the brig could run toward land. Eric Jay Dolin, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024 Abandoning all sense of order or control, a few of the sailors careened through the brig, demanding liquor from the frightened passengers. Eric Jay Dolin, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 May 2024 On the defense’s side: Lieutenant Barney Greenwald (Jason Clarke), who’s claiming that Maryk shouldn’t be thrown in the brig because the man at the helm of the ship had lost his marbles, and thus was endangering the lives of the entire crew. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for brig
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Noun
  • Anyone who assaults or attacks an ICE or Border Agent will do hard time in jail.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
  • Ramos-Jimenez was then arrested and taken to a local jail for possessing a weapon as a felon, Fox 10 Phoenix reported.
    Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Sherry had been in and out of prison for years, while Juan had battled chronic illness.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 12 June 2025
  • Both face felony charges and over six years in prison.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • He was freed on parole from the Terre Haute, Indiana, federal penitentiary on Nov. 30, 1948, after serving 32 months of his five-year prison sentence.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
  • However, he was sent back to the high-security prison in 1962 and stayed there until he was transferred to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia.
    Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 May 2025

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“Brig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brig. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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