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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulags
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Some of those people have been arrested directly by ICE agents while others have been arrested by other law enforcement agencies, placed on immigration holds within county jails and then arrested by ICE while being held.—
Juan Cordoba,
Arkansas Online,
12 Jan. 2026 -
Stewart visited three county jails in 2024 and found major lapses in medical and mental health care.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Foucault did not want simply to write a history of prisons but to produce an account of how power circulates in modern society—not merely through the carceral system but also in universities, medical institutions, the workplace, and the military.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The initiative currently runs three times a year at four California prisons.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Jan. 2026
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The wave of prison violence is happening despite the deployment of military and police forces in several penitentiaries.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
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After his conviction, Gray was sent to Angola, one of the most violent penitentiaries in the country at the time.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
25 Aug. 2025
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In 2017, a Radio Free Asia reporter named Shohret Hoshur broke the story that the Chinese government was holding members of the fiercely oppressed Uyghur minority in concentration camps in Xinjiang.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Schloss family was betrayed and sent to concentration camps in 1944.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
5 Jan. 2026
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Some private equity or real estate vehicles require multiyear lockups.—
Gregory Clifford,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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When examining the evolution of armoured warfare, the tanks that truly changed modern warfare are those that delivered a decisive technological leap, influenced future tank design, and impacted battlefield outcomes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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If your plants have already become noticeably bent and rotating their pots doesn’t correct it, support their stems with stakes or cages, or cut the unruly stems and use them to propagate the plants.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Jan. 2026
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That failure means that Eric, along with Lisa, Kristen, Ron, and Caroline — all of whom were also left unfreed from their cages — are up for murder.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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The modern pens, equipped with plenty of power outlets and ready access to hot and cold water, can be removed once the stock show closes.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
11 Jan. 2026
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The brand War Paint sells makeup products like concealer pens, tinted moisturizers and anti-shine powders that feature QR codes on the packaging.—
Luke Fountain,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Gulags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulags. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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