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Recent Examples of prison camp
Jacob Elordi endures the horrors of a World War II prison camp in the new trailer for the upcoming miniseries, The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2025
The North Korean government has long denied the existence of political prison camps.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Holmes, 41, is incarcerated at a federal minimum-security prison camp outside Houston.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Migrants being held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay are now being permitted to speak to their attorneys by phone, an official for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a court filing.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2025
The North Korean government has long denied the existence of political prison camps.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Mar. 2025
Holmes, 41, is incarcerated at a federal minimum-security prison camp outside Houston.
—Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Migrants being held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay are now being permitted to speak to their attorneys by phone, an official for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a court filing.
—Laura Romero, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prison camp
Noun
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He was driven to a nearby concentration camp and held overnight.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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Photo: Courtesy of Hannah Jackson Eighty years ago today, on April 11, 1945, Morris was liberated from the Buchenwald concentration camp in Weimar, Germany.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
11 Apr. 2025
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Hawke plays Samuel Murphy who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer (Crowe).—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
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Brünnlitz was a German labor camp, and as Spielberg showed in his film, a list was created with names of those who would be relocated there.—
Danuta Hamlin,
Fox News,
25 Jan. 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
Noun
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However, on March 27, a paperwork error allowed Guzman to walk out of the Clayton County jail a free man.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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In the photo, Sada is dressed in an orange jail uniform while his expression consists of wide eyes and a stiff grin.—
Regina Cho,
VIBE.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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It was later learned that Hollingsworth entered the bull pen to check on the water source, and the animal attacked him, knocking him unconscious, according to deputies.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
21 Jan. 2025
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Nardi’s absence leaves the Marlins without an experienced lefty in the bullpen.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Prison camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prison%20camp. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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