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Noun
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Edmund Lockyer with a small party of soldiers and convicts to stake a claim on behalf of Britain by garrisoning King George Sound (at what is now Albany) on the south coast.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 Apr. 2026 -
The two had information that a pair of ex-convicts, just out of the state prison at Waupun, were killing deer illegally and selling the meat.—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Shailin managed to refer some families to human-rights groups that advocate for prisoners in Iran.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Far-right Israeli politicians celebrated the passage through parliament of a new law that allows execution by hanging, but effectively only for Palestinian prisoners.—
Kevin Collier,
NBC news,
2 Apr. 2026
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