barracks
Example Sentences
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A proposal to transform a barracks in Inverness, Scotland, into housing for asylum seekers was abandoned earlier this year after protests from locals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Qusra Mayor Abdul Azim Wadi told the BBC that Israeli forces were using some of the vacated Palestinian houses as barracks.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
“History will absolve me,” Castro said in a famous speech defending himself after his failed 1953 attack on a military barracks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Jermy has previously called on the Home Office to end "secrecy and confusion" around plans to house more asylum seekers in former military barracks – including at RAF Barnham near Thetford.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
We started up the Lagerstrasse, past the endless streets of barracks.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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