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Recent Examples of labor camp
Deportation could mean years in jail or labor camps.
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Li Yuan, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Still, she was convicted and sentenced to nine years in a Russian labor camp.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024
In World War II, the invading Germans sent the owners to labor camps and incinerated the farmstead.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
On the afternoon of September 17, 1963, fifty-seven Mexican guest workers living at a labor camp in Salinas, California, finished up a 10-hour day harvesting vegetables and boarded a flatbed produce truck.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Nov. 2024
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Li Yuan, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Still, she was convicted and sentenced to nine years in a Russian labor camp.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 1 Aug. 2024
In World War II, the invading Germans sent the owners to labor camps and incinerated the farmstead.
—Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
On the afternoon of September 17, 1963, fifty-seven Mexican guest workers living at a labor camp in Salinas, California, finished up a 10-hour day harvesting vegetables and boarded a flatbed produce truck.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labor camp
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The View From The Ground: A Federal Prison Crisis Federal prison camps are often portrayed as the safest and easiest to manage within theFederal Bureau of Prisons.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Other Facilities Alongside the closure of FCI Dublin, the Bureau of Prisons is shutting down minimum-security prison camps in Pensacola, Florida; Duluth, Minnesota; and Morgantown, West Virginia.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
6 Dec. 2024
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Published in 1946 and translated into 50 languages with more than 16 million copies sold, Frankl’s account follows his time in the Nazi concentration camps and his exploration of the human will to find meaning in spite of unspeakable adversity.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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To help set the film apart from other Holocaust dramas, Geller took the Son of Saul and Zone of Interest approach by leaving much of the concentration camp atrocities to the imagination of the viewer.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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And on that day, they were assigned to different camps, which were work camps.—
Patrick Wilson,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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Nine years later, Lowell, which consists of three facilities — the main unit, the annex and a work camp — spends 46 percent less per inmate on healthcare and 36 percent less on education.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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Right-hander Brad Keller has also made the team in the bullpen following a strong spring.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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Long impressed in spring camp and carved out a significant role in the bullpen.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
26 Mar. 2025
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Two days later, nightclub owner Jack Ruby fatally shot Oswald during a jail transfer.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Willie Frank Peterson, 52, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in 2023, and was sentenced to six years and three months in jail.—
Andrea Margolis,
Fox News,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20camp. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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