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
Police spokesman Roger Roca told AFP news agency that fireworks had been stored at the barracks, and the cause of the blast remained under investigation.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The initial housing consisted of old military barracks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
We were at Lukavica barracks on the southern edge of Sarajevo.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 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
