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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as in residents
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The facility is one of 11 Kentucky jails that contract with ICE to detain people.—
Monroe Trombly,
Louisville Courier Journal,
24 Feb. 2026 -
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.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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At the commissioner’s court meeting, area residents universally condemned the idea, variously calling it a Trojan horse, a foothold, a wasp’s nest, and a bribe.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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In the same time frame, inner-ring suburbs have lost residents.—
Robert McCoppin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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This is complicity spurred on by a certain kind of Western readers desire to maintain their romantic image of Russia’s past without having to engage critical with Russia’s present.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
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Its $160 billion or so in assets under management (AUM) is a fraction of what the big boys handle, and most readers might not recognize the name.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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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.—
Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
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Belarus now imprisons 28 journalists as President Lukashenko intensifies a crackdown on press freedom.—
Yuras Karmanau,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Newborns in incubators were transferred and doctors and nurses scrambled to find shelter amid fears the hospital would become the next casualty in Haiti’s escalating gang wars.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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Billionaire hedge fund founder Tom Steyer and former Orange County congresswoman Katie Porter have been touting single-payer healthcare, an idea pushed by politically potent nurses unions and Democratic progressives.—
George Skelton,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
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Guest lecturers were competent, discussing everything from pirates in the Caribbean to the Panama Canal.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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Underpaid lecturers huddled closer to their space heaters, submerging themselves deeper in Aramaic love poetry to stave off thoughts of the damp.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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Places like Los Angeles and Oakland have high permit fees and strict zoning that often confines cans to industrial areas.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 Nov. 2025
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The surgeons who rebuild knees, replace hips, and fuse spines for a living have, over decades of practice, developed a set of personal habits that don’t look much like the wellness advice the rest of us hear.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
15 May 2026
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Some surgeons place a drain under the platysma to guard against salivary leaks.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
14 May 2026
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“Interns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interns. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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