labor camp

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Recent Examples of labor camp Who was released from Russian custody in the swap? More than a dozen people were released from Russian prisons and labor camps, several of them Russian pro-democracy and human rights activists or prominent opposition figures of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 1 Aug. 2025 The Bolsheviks who took power in 1917 wanted scientists sent to Arctic labor camps. Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 31 July 2025 Parallel chapters track the father’s kidnapping by North Koreans and his ordeal in surviving the labor camps there. The Know, Denver Post, 13 July 2025 The Red Army also rounded up 600,000 Japanese soldiers in northern China and Manchuria; all of them were sent to labor camps in Siberia and worked to death. Antony Beevor, Foreign Affairs, 7 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for labor camp
Recent Examples of Synonyms for labor camp
Noun
  • Maxwell was transferred from a low-security federal prison in Florida to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas after being interviewed by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche in July.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Takei and his family were eventually moved to a prison camp in Arkansas.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The show also sees Watkins expose Gein to disturbing material, such as photos from concentration camps and books about notorious Nazi war criminal Ilse Koch (played by Vicky Krieps), who, as Gein would go on to do, allegedly collected human skin and body parts.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The wife of the commander at one of Germany’s largest Nazi concentration camps allegedly had a desire to own objects made of human skin, per The Conversation.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The officials are using the existing minimum security prison work camp in McCook, located around 210 miles west of Lincoln.
    Filip Timotija, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Work Ethic Camp, a minimum security prison work camp in McCook, Nebraska, will be used as the site of the immigration detention center.
    Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The New York Yankees lost in Game 1 of the ALDS to the Toronto Blue Jays after their bullpen imploded in the seventh inning.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Roberts said Glasnow will be available out of the bullpen on Saturday.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The man was released from jail a few days after his arrest on a $1,500 personal recognizance bond while his case is pending, court records show.
    Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Epstein was found dead in his New York jail cell weeks after his 2019 arrest.
    Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20camp. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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