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Noun
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Earlier on Thursday, her sentence was reduced by a further one-sixth as part of a wider amnesty of all prisoners in Myanmar’s jails.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
1 May 2026 -
Carranza said county jails need to be modernized and need more medical staff to care for a population that is increasingly mentally ill and struggling with addiction.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The bullet points highlight Steyer’s hedge fund’s investments in fossil fuel, tobacco, private prisons and casinos.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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In Pennsylvania and across the nation, suboxone is being heralded as the answer to addiction, especially in prisons and jails.—
Andy Sheehan,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Behind bars in state penitentiaries in Gatesville and Marlin, Mejia felt forgotten.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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The wave of prison violence is happening despite the deployment of military and police forces in several penitentiaries.—
Michael Rios,
CNN Money,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Stojka came to painting decades later, in her mid-fifties, with the mission of depicting life in the concentration camps.—
Ben Davis,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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In 1943, the United States government administered a questionnaire to people of Japanese descent who had been confined to wartime concentration camps in California, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arkansas.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Salinas Valley has become one of the most violent lockups in the state.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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Owners reported sudden deceleration, downshifting, and temporary rear wheel lockups in 2015-2017 models.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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When examining the evolution of armoured warfare, the tanks that truly changed modern warfare are those that delivered a decisive technological leap, influenced future tank design, and impacted battlefield outcomes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In the meantime, Israel is taking measures on the ground to defend troops, such as adding nets and cages to military vehicles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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This law would take us backward, undoing the progress of the Big Cat Public Safety Act towards more dangerous interactions and more animals in cages.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The visual, which was edited by Mikayla LoBasso, was filmed inside of a stationery store, featuring the song’s lyrics written with different pens on paper scattered throughout the store.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2026
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Kids who didn’t bring pens with them scrambled to borrow one from anybody — the adults on the field, their parents in the stands, even a reporter standing nearby.—
Ryan Finley,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Gulags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gulags. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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