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Recent Examples of gulag
Stalin sent millions to the gulags, where many of them died from disease.
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 Dec. 2025
Although Russia is a militant autocracy, the reason for Putin’s lifetime presidency isn’t gulags, mass executions, or forced labor.
—Andrew Ryvkin, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2025
Many thousands of scientists were killed or sent to the gulag, where a significant percentage died.
—Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Polar gulags are also the preferred place to send political prisoners who threaten the government, such as the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died under suspicious circumstances in one such prison in 2024.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 Dec. 2025
Although Russia is a militant autocracy, the reason for Putin’s lifetime presidency isn’t gulags, mass executions, or forced labor.
—Andrew Ryvkin, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2025
Many thousands of scientists were killed or sent to the gulag, where a significant percentage died.
—Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Polar gulags are also the preferred place to send political prisoners who threaten the government, such as the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died under suspicious circumstances in one such prison in 2024.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulag
Noun
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Her foundation said she has been granted a prison sentence suspension on bail.—
Sarah el Deeb,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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Broderick was rushed from the California Institution for Women, the prison where she was being held, to a medical facility on April 18.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
10 May 2026
Noun
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In the early 1970s, the penitentiary remained poorly funded, and prison officials hoped to make money on the rodeo.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 May 2026
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Al Capone was transferred by train to a federal penitentiary in Atlanta.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
Noun
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The new commissioner faces the daunting task of improving the existing jail while planning for a world without it.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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The singer, who did not appear in court, avoided jail time by pleading guilty to the lesser charge; Spears initially faced one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2026
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German shepherds seemed to patrol every yard, as if guarding some suburban stalag.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Feb. 2026
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To keep captive spirits up in the stalag, the prisoners staged makeshift plays.—
ROBERT D. McFADDEN,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2017
Noun
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Those included a $9 million payout to the parents of Charles Agster III, after a federal jury found Arpaio and jailhouse nurses negligent in his death.—
Jonathan van Harmelen,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
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The jailhouse tropes extend to Nick’s fellow inmates who sing like angels.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
15 Apr. 2026
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At the time, Epstein was serving his 18-month sentence in the Palm Beach County stockade but was allowed to spend 12 hours a day, six days a week, in his office under a work-release program his attorneys had negotiated.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Mar. 2026
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Burke checked himself into a low-security federal prison camp in Thomson, Illinois, in September 2024, to start a two-year sentence on his corruption case.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2026
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She was subsequently sentenced to prison for her role in a years-long telemarketing scheme that the government said defrauded innocent people across the country, and after serving two years and nine months at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, she was released in December 2025.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
4 Apr. 2026
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Kamlager-Dove’s bill, called the Pregnant Women in Custody Act, would require the federal government to collect data on pregnancies — how many, the treatment, the outcomes — not only in local jails, but also in federal and state lockups, including immigration detention facilities.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC news,
7 May 2026
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Salinas Valley has become one of the most violent lockups in the state.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Gulag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulag. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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