as in jails
to put in or as if in prison
some Polish citizens were interned in Russian camps during World War II
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The facility is one of 11 Kentucky jails that contract with ICE to detain people.
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China, which jails human rights activists in Hong Kong, persecutes Uyghurs, has killed hundreds of thousands of Tibetans and has committed genocide against the Falun Gong, is on the UN Human Rights Council.
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The earthquake was also felt in Los Teques, also in Miranda state, where residents described scenes of chaos and damage to buildings and businesses.
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The full extent of the casualties and damage may not be clear for many hours, but reports and videos show extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure across the country as residents face a terrifying night in the streets.
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Clare joins me now to share why readers are spending real time and money to live inside their favorite fictional stories.
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As poetry, some readers may prefer Mendelsohn’s version, but for a movie made now Wilson’s seems the natural choice.
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County leaders vowed to legally oppose the facility, pointing to county zoning laws that do not allow for detention centers or any type of facility that holds or imprisons people on county land.
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But such judgments often come from a place of distance—from people who have never lived under a theocracy that imprisons, tortures, and kills with impunity.
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The contingent included doctors, nurses and search-and-rescue teams.
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Rodríguez also said the country’s entire public and private healthcare network had been activated to treat the injured, urging doctors, nurses and other medical personnel to report immediately to their workplaces.
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Since the letter’s publication, more than 1,400 professors and lecturers have co-signed it.
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Unlike at the Center, a solidly bipartisan roster of lecturers speaks to students at the Harvard institute.
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Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.
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In an industry that often confines its actors, especially women and especially Black women, Hall continues to carve a path defined by risk, depth and courage.
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The Aman Beverly Hills, currently under construction and expected to open in 2028, will supposedly not only include a full luxe floor for plastic surgery recovery but actual operating rooms, a private garden just for patients and surgeons on call.
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In a marathon surgery at NYU Langone Health, surgeons performed the world’s first HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive lung transplant.
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“Interns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interns. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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