gulags

plural of gulag

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Noun
  • Juan Pappier, the deputy Americas director at Human Rights Watch, says that currently there are 89 foreign nationals imprisoned in Venezuelan jails, from countries that include Colombia, Spain, Argentina, France and the Czech Republic.
    Manuel Rueda, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Israel is also set to release Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, as part of the truce and in return for hostages.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Thompson's crime policies led to more state prisons The tough-on-crime laws Thompson signed forced the construction of a record number of prisons and led to Wisconsin having 21,000 inmates during his tenure — three times as many as neighboring, smaller Minnesota, at the time.
    Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Lawson also suggested ending the practice of full-contact visitation, which results in drugs getting into prisons.
    Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • In January 2024, after coming under fire for reposting an antisemitic conspiracy theory on X, Musk visited Nazi concentration camps in Europe.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • To what degree was infamous filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl a Nazi collaborator who knew about Adolf Hitler’s concentration camps?
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some private equity or real estate vehicles require multiyear lockups.
    Gregory Clifford, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In some cases, units have also added anti-drone gear such as nets or cages to protect against aerial attacks.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The Chicago Cubs’ position players gathered in the visitors batting cages at Truist Park.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Investigators later uncovered multiple insulin pens near his bedside and questioned inconsistencies in Hartsfield’s statements.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The second slide shows Labubu merch, such as hair clips, keychains, and pens.
    Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Gulags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulags. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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