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Recent Examples of prison camp
Drones served as bait for air-defense sites, photographed North Vietnamese surface-to-air missiles and prison camps, conducted reconnaissance in poor weather, and dropped propaganda leaflets.
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Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2025
The government, led by the Korean Workers' Party, tightly censors media in the country, and watching foreign TV shows can result in lengthy prison camp sentences or even public execution, according to defectors who have fled to South Korea.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Ernst had been interned in a prison camp called Les Milles once at the start of the war as a German national and potential spy, released, and then imprisoned again by the Vichy government after France fell.
—Celia Bell
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Additionally, the prison camp was not taking in new inmates.
—Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 15 July 2025
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Jacquelyn Schneider, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2025
The government, led by the Korean Workers' Party, tightly censors media in the country, and watching foreign TV shows can result in lengthy prison camp sentences or even public execution, according to defectors who have fled to South Korea.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Ernst had been interned in a prison camp called Les Milles once at the start of the war as a German national and potential spy, released, and then imprisoned again by the Vichy government after France fell.
—Celia Bell
july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025
Additionally, the prison camp was not taking in new inmates.
—Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 15 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prison camp
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As the troops arrived Tuesday, D.C. residents who spoke to the Washington Examiner shared a variety of reactions ranging from support for the president’s actions to horror at the prospect of being sent to a concentration camp.—
Haisten Willis,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Aug. 2025
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Multiple attendees referred to the new Florida immigrant detention facility known as Alligator Alcatraz as a concentration camp.—
Lawrence Andrea,
jsonline.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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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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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
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He was sentenced to 16 years of hard labor in a work camp.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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In the series, the submarine is a secret project of the company’s that Nemo, who was a prisoner in a work camp for three years, helped design.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 June 2025
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The Associated Press in 2021 investigated how the technology landed a Chicago grandfather in jail after it was used as evidence to charge him with murder, with a judge later dismissing the case due to insufficient evidence.—
R. Christian Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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The evidence reviewed by a grand jury includes a video call in which Ault allegedly pleads with the child not to speak up, saying that doing so could land her in jail, 8 News Now reported.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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And Tuesday’s 10-5 Padres victory went 11 innings, prompting manager Mike Shildt to use seven of the nine arms in his bullpen.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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With the lefty-swinging Rowdy Tellez up next, Boone kept Williams in the game despite having David Bednar warming in the bullpen.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prison%20camp. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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