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Recent Examples of stalag
German shepherds seemed to patrol every yard, as if guarding some suburban stalag.
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Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026
To keep captive spirits up in the stalag, the prisoners staged makeshift plays.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017
Request Reprint Permissions There are worse places to begin a search for the sources of Egypt's current political earthquake than in the company of a middle-aged French soldier imprisoned in a German stalag during World War II.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2011
Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026
To keep captive spirits up in the stalag, the prisoners staged makeshift plays.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017
Request Reprint Permissions There are worse places to begin a search for the sources of Egypt's current political earthquake than in the company of a middle-aged French soldier imprisoned in a German stalag during World War II.
—Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2011
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalag
Noun
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The door locks sound like something out of a 1970s gulag.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
26 Mar. 2026
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The roots of Soviet and post-Soviet homophobia lie not in religion, but in the legacy of the Soviet gulag—where being homosexual was considered the worst thing that could befall a man.—
Mikhail Zygar,
Vanity Fair,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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He was beaten by security forces, arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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During his 12-year pontificate, Francis famously celebrated the Holy Thursday ritual by traveling to Rome-area prisons and refugee centers to wash the feet of people most on society’s margins.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
22 Mar. 2026
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The camp consisted of a stockade erected around a 16-acre field by 200 enslaved workers commandeered from nearby plantations.—
Drew Gilpin Faust,
The Atlantic,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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But Wood’s penitentiary is considerably sturdier.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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The former president was hospitalized on March 13 after feeling ill at the Papuda penitentiary in the Brazilian capital.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This center could break that cycle by getting them the specialized treatment that the jail cannot and does not provide.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Ramsey, 53, has been held in a Dallas County, Iowa, jail since March 17, with bail set at $2 million.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In one guardroom, among the mess on the floor, is an orange locker door ripped from its hinges and taped with a poster of Mr. Assad.—
Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Heritage Village includes an 1881 two-cell calaboose from Mokena, the 1856 Wells Corner one-room schoolhouse from Homer Glen, the 1863 Greenho farmhouse from Crest Hill, the 1881 Wabash railroad depot from Symerton and a Lockport smokehouse.—
Jessi Virtusio,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2022
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Lachenais was arrested and secured in the local calaboose, but a vigilance committee descended upon the jail and tore Lachenais out of his cell.—
Yxta Maya Murray,
Longreads,
19 Aug. 2020
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Rosanna Arquette is pushing back against comments that Harvey Weinstein made in a recent jailhouse interview with The Hollywood Reporter.—
Nicole Fell,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Mar. 2026
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The defendant’s allegations against the team came to light last summer, when recordings from his jailhouse phone calls were played in court.—
Rafael Olmeda,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Stalag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalag. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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