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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulags
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So far this fiscal year, the department has paid over $16 million to county jails to house state inmates, just under $2 million of which has gone to Ada County, said Mortensen, the spokesperson, in an email.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
26 Feb. 2026 -
Last year, Colorado lawmakers briefly debated blocking ICE agents from entering nonpublic areas of jails.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
26 Feb. 2026
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Questions had emerged over the fate of thousands of Islamic State prisoners, and their families in northeastern Syria after government forces last month seized swaths of territory long controlled by Kurdish forces that had been guarding the prisons.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN Money,
25 Feb. 2026
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Revisiting the case in December 2024, a Cold Case Unit detective searched the suspects’ profiles against DNA profiles of people incarcerated in Florida prisons to look for possible relatives.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 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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With the exponential rise of deranged talking heads, private prisons, Amazon-like concentration camps, Cop City, local police trained by the Israeli Army, and AI technology to develop inconceivable weapons, the apocalypse does not appear far off.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Last spring marked the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe and the liberation of the last remaining Nazi concentration camps.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 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
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These investments are typically illiquid and long-term, with multi-year lockups and limited redemption options.—
Fred Hubler,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 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
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Some were in cages without access to food or water, and many were noticeably underweight.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Inside the fence line were cranes, fuel tanks, and spools of cable; a crew was splicing together cages of rebar to sink into the ground.—
Nick Paumgarten,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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Admirers have left an assortment of pens and pencils on top, as if to help the writer overcome his fear of the blank white page.—
Mary Norris,
New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2026
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This Bostanten laptop tote has enough capacity to hold a 16-inch laptop, as well as pens, a tablet, a wallet, and all of your other daily work essentials.—
Aly Walansky,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Gulags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulags. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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