stalag

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Recent Examples of stalag 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 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 To keep captive spirits up in the stalag, the prisoners staged makeshift plays. Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017
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Noun
  • Now as then, letters from the gulags tell of eternal winters, cold cells, and the longing for the first signs of greenery to appear amid the thaw.
    Francesca Mastruzzo (Tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 14 Jan. 2024
  • Now that stores only sell clothes that have been slapped together from plastic sheeting and surgical staples in fast-fashion gulags, what used to be considered basic construction — stuff like finished seams and sturdy material — becomes downright luxurious in comparison.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 July 2024
Noun
  • In 2019, Zeeb was sentenced to four years in prison in one of the country's largest cannabis cases.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The singer ultimately pleaded guilty and was sentenced to one-to-three years in prison, but the judge suspended most of it.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Buildings that were part of the stockade were then dismantled, and the wood planks were reused to build homes located throughout Marietta.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
Noun
  • Ultimately, Hazzard was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to perform hard labor at a state penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The staff at Lee penitentiary is 98% White, according to the bureau, and multiple people said that guards seemed to be especially hostile to Black prisoners — who make up 62% of the prison's population.
    Christie Thompson, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • If convicted as charged, the men face sentences ranging from probation to seven years and two months in jail, according to prosecutors.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • In addition, some defendants have been held in jail for weeks or months without the ability to speak to their attorney, according to the ACLU of Idaho.
    Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • One defendant, charged with attacking police officers with a baseball bat, even promoted an A.I. video of inmates in orange jumpsuits parading triumphantly out of jailhouse doors.
    Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Russell makes for an appealing, down-to-earth Santa Claus who feels at home in any situation, including a bar, a car chase, and a jailhouse musical number.
    EW.com, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • It was described in the script as representing the barracks of the concentration camps where Tóth and his wife Erzsébet (Felicity Jones) were imprisoned.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The ambiguities that result are fascinating and provocative, though Corbet never quite thinks them through: If László is creating, in effect, architectural poetry after Auschwitz, does this poetry redeem the cruelty and brutality of the concentration camps or reproduce it?
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025

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“Stalag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalag. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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