Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gulags
Noun
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More than 250 people have died while in the agency’s custody in county jails since 2006, a mortality rate significantly higher than in other large jail systems in the state.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Sep. 2025 -
The agency investigates all in-custody deaths which occur in Kansas jails and prisons unless the inmate who died was being regularly attended by a physician or the death is ruled natural by an autopsy.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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Brown passed through courts and prisons like other people suffering mental health disorders, said Weaver, the Charlotte NAMI director.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Sep. 2025
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The facility, Algoa Correctional Center, is one of four Missouri prisons with no air conditioning in any of the housing units.—
Ivy Scott,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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After his conviction, Gray was sent to Angola, one of the most violent penitentiaries in the country at the time.—
Richard A. Webster,
ProPublica,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Most effective however is Vanderbilt’s decision to stop the action and simply run the devastating real black-and-white film footage of the slaughter of Jews in the concentration camps.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
7 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, concentration camps prove to be a viable political option with a friendly Supreme Court ready to affirm President Cadwallader’s unprecedented use of executive orders.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some private equity or real estate vehicles require multiyear lockups.—
Gregory Clifford,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Some of those deportations occurred as a result of detainees deciding to abandon their ongoing immigration cases to put an end to their detention at the facility and its harsh conditions, which included being held in chain-link cages in tents with little protection from the elements.—
Ben Wieder,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
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Equipment includes cages, outdoor runs, treadmills, and a microchipping kit.—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just be sure to periodically check if your pens still work.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
17 Sep. 2025
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Volunteers stuffed 1,032 backpacks with 544 1-inch binders, 3,264 pocket folders, 1,826 spiral notebooks, 1,032 pencil cases, 417 crayon packs, 544 colored pencil packs, 2,370 pens, 4,224 pencils, and 961 highlighters.—
Samantha Gowen,
Oc Register,
15 Sep. 2025
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