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Recent Examples of barrack
Army barracks torn down, new housing to come The Glendale campus was originally a U.S. Army air-training base for World War II.
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Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 June 2019
Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday.
—CBS News, 10 July 2017
The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future.
—Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2017
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Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 June 2019
Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday.
—CBS News, 10 July 2017
The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future.
—Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrack
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Amid the information vacuum, fears have grown and been further stoked by some evidence of larger and less targeted sweeps.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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These differences call for precision medicine and targeted preventative measures.—
Jia Jung,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 July 2025
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For their first rookie practices, the Rams arranged for Fiske and Verse to room together in a hotel near their facility.—
Dan Pompei,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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While rooming with Albert in Davie, the brothers would drive by the vacant site.—
Ron Hurtibise,
Sun Sentinel,
21 June 2025
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Lorde’s singing voice is often doubled throughout the album, but here the other voices occasionally peel off and sing over and against her, sometimes needling, sometimes supporting.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
2 July 2025
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Tennis legend Chris Evert needled WNBA players for lack of sportsmanship following Tuesday night’s skirmish that saw Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark get poked in the eye and shoved to the ground in a game against the Connecticut Sun.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
30 July 2025
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The Athletic had all the angles covered, with Matt Barrows watching the linemen butt heads and Vic Tafur camped out on the other end of the field for the receivers and defensive backs.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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Dave and his friends spend their summer days hanging out at the limestone quarry, ragging on each other, cliff-jumping into the water, wondering what sort of lives await them.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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For most of his first 10 songs, Costello’s singing was ragged and hoarse.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 2025
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The foundation, walls, and roof all fit together to create an airtight seal.—
Sam Bloch,
Time,
28 July 2025
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Reinhart stripped Edmonton defenseman Dan Bouchard at the Edmonton line, skipped inside Bouchard’s partner Mattias Ekholm and, as Bouchard tripped him, roofed a shot on Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
18 June 2025
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The new film follows five friends who inadvertently cause a deadly car accident and cover it up, when a year later a stalker sends them taunting messages about their crime.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025
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Sanchez, who has strongly opposed immigration enforcement, taunted ICE agents on Sunday after a farmworker died from injuries sustained from a fall during an immigration enforcement raid on a California cannabis farm.—
Stepheny Price , Bill Melugin,
FOXNews.com,
15 July 2025
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In lieu of bunking in the 4,000-square-foot Lord House, built in 1962 just off of Mulholland Drive, rent it out by the hour and host a lively pool party.—
Kristine Hansen,
Architectural Digest,
30 May 2025
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In the nation’s capital, some 6,700 U.S. soldiers are bunking in now-empty federal office buildings, drilling for festivities ordered up by the White House to coincide with Mr. Trump’s 79th birthday.—
Anna Mulrine Grobe,
Christian Science Monitor,
13 June 2025
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“Barrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrack. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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