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Recent Examples of labor camp
In The Weight, Hawke plays Samuel Murphy, who, after the death of his wife, is imprisoned in a labor camp run by Clancy, an unscrupulous overseer played by Russell Crowe.
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Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
My parents grew up in Cambodia in the 1970s, when the Khmer Rouge took over the country and forced millions of people into labor camps.
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Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Feb. 2026
In one, she was sent to a labor camp after giving birth.
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Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Murphy is not acting alone, however, as he’s been assigned to the journey out of a labor camp run by a merciless, tobacco-spitting boss (Russell Crowe) — and some in his merriless band turn out to be savvier, and more malicious, than others.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
My parents grew up in Cambodia in the 1970s, when the Khmer Rouge took over the country and forced millions of people into labor camps.
—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Feb. 2026
In one, she was sent to a labor camp after giving birth.
—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
Murphy is not acting alone, however, as he’s been assigned to the journey out of a labor camp run by a merciless, tobacco-spitting boss (Russell Crowe) — and some in his merriless band turn out to be savvier, and more malicious, than others.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for labor camp
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Blanche met with Maxwell last July and days after the meeting, she was transferred to a minimum-security prison camp in Texas.
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The Justice Department moved Maxwell from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas last August.
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More than 250 were documented to have died in concentration camps.
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Other relatives were deported to the concentration camps Theresienstadt and Auschwitz.
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Mike Braun opened the Speedway Slammer at an Indiana prison, Jim Pillen opened the Cornhusker Clink at a Nebraska work camp, and Jeff Landry opened the Louisiana Lockup in a disused wing of Angola penitentiary.
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And Nazi officials had promised Auschwitz’s Buna work camp thousands of skilled Jewish laborers – a quota that was not met because of the Rosenstrasse Jews’ release.
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With the bullpen overworked from a busy week — which featured a doubleheader Wednesday — manager Craig Counsell said Friday wasn’t the time to be aggressive.
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Opposing starters are going deep, and bullpens are staying well rested.
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Concern arose that Orange was going to be taken out of the jail and lynched.
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Vanity Fair reported that he was sentenced to 60 days in jail after being convicted of misdemeanor battery against a girlfriend, and was later charged with battering his third wife, Joanna Ferrell.
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“Labor camp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labor%20camp. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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