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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
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Back then, Motta was still in law school and Alfortish had only just been released from prison.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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After being admonished by the judge, Terry Rose listens as he is sentenced to 40 years in prison.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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The government opened the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz in 1934, hoping to use the remote island to house particularly difficult prisoners, according to the National Park Service.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2026
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But Wood’s penitentiary is considerably sturdier.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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Tom and Hussein were then arrested and booked into jail for negligent discharge, police said.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The former football player died by an apparent suicide in his jail cell in April 2017, five days after being acquitted in the double homicide case in Boston.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 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
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Shortly after she was freed, Kendra and Joseph brainstormed ways to make money during a jailhouse phone call, the audio of which was obtained by People.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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In another jailhouse call, Kendra emphasized her focus on their children.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
3 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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The camp consisted of a stockade erected around a 16-acre field by 200 enslaved workers commandeered from nearby plantations.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
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In 2025, Maxwell, Epstein's associate, was moved from a federal prison in Florida to a low-security prison camp in Texas.—
Maegan Vazquez The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
4 Apr. 2026
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Shah, a Real Housewives of Salt Lake City alum, was released from a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, in December 2025, after serving time for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
3 Apr. 2026
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Diddy had faced a maximum of 20 years in lockup; the prosecution asked Subramanian for a 135-month sentence.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
9 Apr. 2026
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Rapper Lil Tjay was sprung from lockup Tuesday after his arrest for allegedly participating in a fight just before the rapper Offset was shot in Florida Monday evening.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Gulag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulag. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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