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Once a penal colony, this cluster of islands opened for tourism in 2024 offers a glimpse into dozens of endemic species.
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Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
What's Next According to Kommersant, Pashkov will report to the penal colony on his own to serve his sentence of two years and ten months.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
She was convicted of drug charges and sentenced to nine years in a penal colony.
—Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
What To Know Pashkov pleaded guilty to negligence charges and was sentenced to two years and 10 months in a penal colony.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Meagan Drillinger, AFAR Media, 31 Jan. 2025
What's Next According to Kommersant, Pashkov will report to the penal colony on his own to serve his sentence of two years and ten months.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
She was convicted of drug charges and sentenced to nine years in a penal colony.
—Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
What To Know Pashkov pleaded guilty to negligence charges and was sentenced to two years and 10 months in a penal colony.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for penal colony
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“Penal colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20colony. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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