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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labor camp
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Ghislaine Maxwell, Robert Maxwell's daughter, is currently in the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons and is serving time at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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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
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The Warsaw doctors likewise wrote about patients whose hearts failed after they were fed; when Allied soldiers liberated the concentration camps, large numbers of emaciated people died after being given high-calorie foods such as chocolate.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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In Return From the Ashes (1965), Eggar schemed to murder her stepmother (Ingrid Thulin), a concentration camp survivor.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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Roberts said Glasnow will be available out of the bullpen on Saturday.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
4 Oct. 2025
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Starting in the 1880s, the city and county each built a series of increasingly spacious jails—and then proceeded to fill them well above capacity each winter.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Oct. 2025
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Grayson has been held in the Macon County jail ahead of his trial.—
Deena Zaru,
ABC News,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20camp. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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