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Recent Examples of labor camp
Born in the then-Austro-Hungarian Empire, the 85-year-old said his family was put in a labor camp, subject to starvation.
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Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Having previously faced 60 days in a labor camp, Toboso-Alfonso chose exile.
—Fernando Chang-Muy, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
As a teenager, Wiesel was sent with his father, Shlomo, to the Buna Werke labor camp in the Auschwitz complex.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
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Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Having previously faced 60 days in a labor camp, Toboso-Alfonso chose exile.
—Fernando Chang-Muy, Time, 14 Nov. 2025
As a teenager, Wiesel was sent with his father, Shlomo, to the Buna Werke labor camp in the Auschwitz complex.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labor camp
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Bale was 12 when Steven Spielberg cast him in the incredibly challenging role of Jim, the son of a wealthy British family who gets separated during World War II and ends up in a Japanese prison camp.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
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The resisters were transferred from a prison camp to a more restrictive jail, Tulelake Camp, located more than 10 miles away, said Ron Nakano, with the Marysville JACL, noting that the two camps are distinct but often confused.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
19 Feb. 2026
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On these iron stones are the names of people who had lived in these houses and were killed by Nazis in Auschwitz or other concentration camps.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
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His mother, who was in attendance Sunday, was born in a Nazi concentration camp, while Bennet told the crowd at the hotel in downtown Denver that much of his Polish mother’s family were killed in the Holocaust.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
15 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Danielle Wirsansky,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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An inmate serving a 10-year sentence for first-degree burglary walked away from a state prison work camp Monday night in El Dorado County, state officials said.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Junk entered camp as a contender for a roster spot, either in the back end of the rotation or as a swingman/long reliever out of the bullpen.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Ethan Walker and Sam Cozart came out of the bullpen to calm the Lamar bats down.—
David Eckert,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Feb. 2026
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This center could break that cycle by getting them the specialized treatment that the jail cannot and does not provide.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Ramsey, 53, has been held in a Dallas County, Iowa, jail since March 17, with bail set at $2 million.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20camp. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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