barracks

Example Sentences

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The Home Office originally wanted to move people into the barracks by early December and use the site for 12 months, but the plans were delayed.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Requesting anonymity, the source emphasised that the Lebanese army was still present at the army barracks in Nabatieh city.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

On the first day of class, professor Reiko Hillyer writes a quote from French philosopher Michel Foucault on the board: Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons?

From Slate • May 27, 2026

For decades, proportional response functioned less as a strategy than a ritual: hit a transmitter, strike a barracks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Half asleep, I got down from the shelf and joined my group along with row upon row of prisoners from the other barracks.

From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson