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Recent Examples of stalag
There are worse places to begin a search for the sources of Egypt's current political earthquake than in the company of a middle-aged French soldier imprisoned in a German stalag during World War II.
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Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2011
Request Reprint Permissions There are worse places to begin a search for the sources of Egypt's current political earthquake than in the company of a middle-aged French soldier imprisoned in a German stalag during World War II.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2011
To keep captive spirits up in the stalag, the prisoners staged makeshift plays.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017
Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2011
Request Reprint Permissions There are worse places to begin a search for the sources of Egypt's current political earthquake than in the company of a middle-aged French soldier imprisoned in a German stalag during World War II.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2011
To keep captive spirits up in the stalag, the prisoners staged makeshift plays.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalag
Noun
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Polar gulags are also the preferred place to send political prisoners who threaten the government, such as the opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died under suspicious circumstances in one such prison in 2024.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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Assad stayed in power by killing his own people, deploying chemical weapons and Russian bombs, and torturing and murdering them in an underground network of gulags.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Joseph Suarez is expected to receive 28 years in prison and won’t be eligible for parole for 14 years.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
24 June 2025
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Austin, 39, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in January and was later sentenced to 16 years to life in prison in May, per CBS News.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
24 June 2025
Noun
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During the Civil War, a deadline was a line of demarcation around the inner stockade of a prison camp, generally about 17 feet.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 June 2025
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The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress, but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
3 Sep. 2024
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On top of her one-year sentence on obscenity charges, Adams was sentenced to six months at a women’s penitentiary—a pair of punishments that allowed authorities to start considering whether to ship her back to Poland upon her release from prison.—
Kellie B. Gormly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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Weger was taken to the Illinois state penitentiary in Joliet to begin his life sentence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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Repeat offenders could face 90 days in jail or a $1,000 fine, or sometimes both.—
Jenna Sundel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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In the years since, John has been arrested several times and served jail time for violence against two different women, per The New York Times.—
Kelsey Lentz,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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Heritage Village includes an 1881 two-cell calaboose from Mokena, the 1856 Wells Corner one-room schoolhouse from Homer Glen, the 1863 Greenho farmhouse from Crest Hill, the 1881 Wabash railroad depot from Symerton and a Lockport smokehouse.—
Jessi Virtusio,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2022
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Lachenais was arrested and secured in the local calaboose, but a vigilance committee descended upon the jail and tore Lachenais out of his cell.—
Yxta Maya Murray,
Longreads,
19 Aug. 2020
Noun
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Investigators had documented the secret jailhouse deals with MS-13 and the official attempts to cover them up.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
12 June 2025
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Police then began investigating the jailhouse phone calls from Scott.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
10 June 2025
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Sounds like families being separated to go to concentration camps.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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He was hired as a war crimes investigator and visited concentration camps during the World War II liberation to document Nazi crimes.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
10 June 2025
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“Stalag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalag. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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