stockade

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Recent Examples of stockade Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis also previously suggested the county set up a camp for the homeless at the county stockade on Powerline Road, just east of Chase Stadium where Inter Miami plays, but county administration has said no to the idea. Lisa J. Huriash, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024 The Rufus Putnam House was part of the original stockade. Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024 Some suggest the logs' close location means they were used as a type of stockade. Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 15 July 2024 Trantalis predicts the stockade will end up opening its doors to the homeless one way or another. Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for stockade
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Noun
  • Weger was taken to the Illinois state penitentiary in Joliet to begin his life sentence.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Repeat offenders could face 90 days in jail or a $1,000 fine, or sometimes both.
    Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • All charges are felonies, and each carries a maximum sentence of 40 years in prison, with a mandatory minimum of three years due to the use of a firearm.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
  • Under the terms of the agreement, Judge Julie Lugo, who presides in the 372nd District Court, sentenced Wolfe to 40 years in prison.
    Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • Even if one of the arriving Republic cruisers is probably about to scoop him up and throw him into a proper brig.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, any question that Jod and Captain Silvo (the pirate whose crew mutinied in the series premiere) are one and the same was dismissed, when Brutus and his crew spoke of how Silvo had escaped the brig before facing a trial.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 10 Dec. 2024

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“Stockade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stockade. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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