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Recent Examples of gulag
That is a memoir by Kang Chol-hwan about the North Korean gulag.
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
But no serious groundswell of opposition was recorded, even as his main opponent was killed off in a gulag.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
As Solzhenitsyn suggested, writing about the gulag system was verboten in large part because Soviet authorities sought to deny or obfuscate its very existence.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
Its official reception in the Soviet Union, however, was less enthusiastic due to Solzhenitsyn’s argument that the gulag system was not just an aberration under Stalin, but embedded deep in the rotting core of Soviet ideology.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Jan. 2025
But no serious groundswell of opposition was recorded, even as his main opponent was killed off in a gulag.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
As Solzhenitsyn suggested, writing about the gulag system was verboten in large part because Soviet authorities sought to deny or obfuscate its very existence.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
Its official reception in the Soviet Union, however, was less enthusiastic due to Solzhenitsyn’s argument that the gulag system was not just an aberration under Stalin, but embedded deep in the rotting core of Soviet ideology.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulag
Noun
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Edward Burke to only two years in prison for a series of shakedowns.—
Ray Long,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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Most recently, under a new law in Tennessee, local officials who vote to adopt sanctuary policies could face up to six years in prison.—
Sara Cline,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
Noun
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He was freed on parole from the Terre Haute, Indiana, federal penitentiary on Nov. 30, 1948, after serving 32 months of his five-year prison sentence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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However, he was sent back to the high-security prison in 1962 and stayed there until he was transferred to the federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
6 May 2025
Noun
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Anyone who assaults or attacks an ICE or Border Agent will do hard time in jail.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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Her father was a Wall Street trader currently serving a two-and-a-half-year jail bid.—
Jeff Weiss,
HollywoodReporter,
12 June 2025
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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
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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
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Williams refuted the criticism from Gov. Landry who said the DA refused too many jailhouse charges against the recent inmate escapees and allowed cases to stall in Criminal District Court.—
Faith Abubey,
ABC News,
21 May 2025
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Diddy was allowed to shed his jailhouse attire for the trial and chose a blue sweater over a white button-down shirt for the first day of jury selection.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
5 May 2025
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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,
3 Sep. 2024
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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
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The mass arrests, at first of mostly non-Jewish Poles, led the Nazis to construct new prison camps or refurbish existing structures, like the former military barracks in Oswiecim, Poland, which opened as the Auschwitz concentration camp in June 1940.—
Paul Hockenos,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 May 2025
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The weekend games paid tribute to Japanese Americans who formed baseball teams at prison camps when they were forced to relocate during WWII.—
Emilie Ikeda,
NBC News,
29 Oct. 2024
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She was sprung early from federal lockup in July 2023, after serving 1 year, 9 months, and 20 days..—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
11 June 2025
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Hudson pleaded guilty to first-degree battery for the shooting in June 2022 and was sentenced to a stint in a juvenile lockup followed by five years on probation.—
John Lynch,
Arkansas Online,
4 June 2025
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“Gulag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulag. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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