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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulags
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Researchers centered their work on areas where Fulton County has direct responsibility—courts, jails, elections, libraries and public health.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026 -
Now, the island has 10 jails, and can house up to 17,000 prisoners, the city says.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Chinese government launched a brutal crackdown in Xinjiang starting in 2017, sweeping a million or more Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and other predominantly Muslim ethnicities into prisons and internment camps.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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López Aliaga, the ultraconservative former mayor of Peru’s capital, Lima, focuses on a hard-line security agenda, proposing to build prisons in the country’s Amazon region, allowing judges to conceal their identities and expelling foreigners who are living illegally in Peru.—
Franklin Briceño,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Behind bars in state penitentiaries in Gatesville and Marlin, Mejia felt forgotten.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 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
Noun
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Soon after, he was hired as a war crimes investigator and visited concentration camps during the World War II liberation to document Nazi crimes.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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The movie includes footage of real historical tragedies — harrowing video from liberated concentration camps — along with contemporaneous ones, like the crash of PSA Flight 182, which happened less than two months before Faces of Death was released.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The request comes amid growing concern over conditions inside county lockups.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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Owners reported sudden deceleration, downshifting, and temporary rear wheel lockups in 2015-2017 models.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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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Outside the building, people were seen in pajamas with their pets inside cages.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Staking peonies with peony cages offers the plant support and keeps it upright even through the elements.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Apr. 2026
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In the package was a grab bag of small pleasures to ease the difficulty of a lengthy deployment – Kind bars, candy, homemade fudge, Girl Scout cookies, puzzle books, pencils, pens, decks of cards and other games.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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The land, which is designated by Eagle as agricultural-residential, hosts the single-family home, a large barn for four adult horses, staging areas for large farming equipment, and holding pens with several dozen cattle.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Gulags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulags. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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