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Recent Examples of work camp
In Oregon in 1933, Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
After the father, Nathan (Paul Winfield), is arrested for stealing ham and shipped off to an unknown work camp, eldest son David Lee (Kevin Hooks) takes a journey with the family dog, Sounder, to try and find him.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
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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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 22 Jan. 2026
Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a brutal work camp.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
After the father, Nathan (Paul Winfield), is arrested for stealing ham and shipped off to an unknown work camp, eldest son David Lee (Kevin Hooks) takes a journey with the family dog, Sounder, to try and find him.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for work camp
Noun
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The tattoo of a Totenkopf, the death’s head emblem associated with Nazi concentration camp guards?—
Megan McArdle,
Washington Post,
14 June 2026
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Anne and her family were arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 and taken to concentration camps.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
Noun
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He was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in a labor camp.—
Nick Tabor,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
29 Apr. 2026
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The labor camp, already on the National Register of Historic Places, was run by Tom Collins, to whom Steinbeck dedicated his 1939 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Grapes of Wrath.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Blanche met with Maxwell last July and days after the meeting, she was transferred to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
10 June 2026
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The Justice Department moved Maxwell from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas last August.—
Stephen Groves,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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“Work camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/work%20camp. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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