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Recent Examples of labor camp
In one, she was sent to a labor camp after giving birth.
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Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Murphy is not acting alone, however, as he’s been assigned to the journey out of a labor camp run by a merciless, tobacco-spitting boss (Russell Crowe) — and some in his merriless band turn out to be savvier, and more malicious, than others.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
In another extraordinary anecdote, Chang describes hitchhiking her way across remote China to a labor camp her father was being held in, to lift his spirits.
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Emily Feng,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
Having previously faced 60 days in a labor camp, Toboso-Alfonso chose exile.
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Fernando Chang-Muy,
Time,
14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for labor camp
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Murphy is not acting alone, however, as he’s been assigned to the journey out of a labor camp run by a merciless, tobacco-spitting boss (Russell Crowe) — and some in his merriless band turn out to be savvier, and more malicious, than others.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
In another extraordinary anecdote, Chang describes hitchhiking her way across remote China to a labor camp her father was being held in, to lift his spirits.
—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
Having previously faced 60 days in a labor camp, Toboso-Alfonso chose exile.
—
Fernando Chang-Muy,
Time,
14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for labor camp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for labor camp
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Blanche met with Maxwell last July and days after the meeting, she was transferred to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas.
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The Justice Department moved Maxwell from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas last August.
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The Nazis, three years in power, had begun operating Germany’s first concentration camps.
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Exceeding expectations As a trip set mainly in concentration camps, sadness is often the top expectation.
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Mike Braun opened the Speedway Slammer at an Indiana prison, Jim Pillen opened the Cornhusker Clink at a Nebraska work camp, and Jeff Landry opened the Louisiana Lockup in a disused wing of Angola penitentiary.
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And Nazi officials had promised Auschwitz’s Buna work camp thousands of skilled Jewish laborers – a quota that was not met because of the Rosenstrasse Jews’ release.
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The bullpen entered Sunday with a 6.71 ERA since ending that scoreless streak on May 25.
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Puts the bullpen in a bad situation, puts the whole game in a bad situation.
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To get there, Sodais climbed mountains in the snow, moved from border to border with the help of smugglers, got captured a dozen times and spent time in jail.
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Ábalos, who spent seven months in jail before his trial in April, is accused of taking kickbacks from the purchase of $60 million-worth of facemasks during the Covid pandemic.
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20camp. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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