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Recent Examples of gulag
The cast fragmented, with the Byers family and El trying to start over in California while Hopper languished in a tonally dissonant Soviet gulag, as though the Duffers didn’t realize that what people loved most about Stranger Things was its grounding in Hawkins.
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Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Dec. 2025
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
Many thousands of scientists were killed or sent to the gulag, where a significant percentage died.
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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.
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Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Judy Berman,
Time,
26 Dec. 2025
Stalin sent millions to the gulags, where many of them died from disease.
—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
26 Dec. 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
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The pair, who were detained in March, had already spent four months in prison prior to the punishment, which ultimately reduced their sentence from 25 lashes to 21, the AP said.
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Taylor, 30, now faces a potential sentence of life in prison.
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Two years ago, a judge freed Anthony Bailey after 27 years in the federal penitentiary, giving him a second chance at life.
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After a federal jury voted to convict him in early 2024, Hernández was sent to a notorious high-security penitentiary in West Virginia to serve his time.
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The driver of the fleeing vehicle was booked into the Wyandotte County Detention Center, according to the jail’s inmate listing.
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Epstein served about 13 months in a Florida jail, and was often permitted to leave the jail on work release.
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German shepherds seemed to patrol every yard, as if guarding some suburban stalag.
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To keep captive spirits up in the stalag, the prisoners staged makeshift plays.
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In addition, investigators working for Duncan’s legal team interviewed a jailhouse informant who recanted his earlier trial testimony that Duncan had confessed to the crime.
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Watkins told me in our jailhouse interview in 2018 that Cherica Adams was actually the fifth person he had been hired to kill.
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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.
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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.
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Unlike the public perception often created by movies and television, daily life at a federal prison camp revolves around work assignments, educational programming, treatment, and institutional responsibilities.
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Samuel Murphy is a war veteran who has been busted and sent to a notorious prison camp.
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In at least 38 instances, the ring flew six large-payload drones to deliver contraband to federal lockups in Atlanta and Jesup, and at prisons in Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
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That selling pressure isn't expected to let up anytime soon , especially as lockup expiration periods expire and more insiders gain permission to sell.
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“Gulag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulag. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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