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Recent Examples of kraalAll the huts in the village were centered around the kraal, or cattle enclosure, which faced the rising sun.—Aatish Taseer, Travel + Leisure, 13 Oct. 2025 The tiger had jumped into the kraal and killed the calves first.—Cyril E. Holland, Outdoor Life, 8 May 2025 Next to each tent was a protective kraal of thorn brush for the animals at night.—Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
At the time, Epstein was serving his 18-month sentence in the Palm Beach County stockade but was allowed to spend 12 hours a day, six days a week, in his office under a work-release program his attorneys had negotiated.
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Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.
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Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Mar. 2026