barracks
Example Sentences
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Besides the chapel, they are a trolley station, a wing of barracks and the superintendent’s and governor’s residences.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
Where dinosaur tracks coexist beside spooky rows of barracks left from a 16th-century monastery, there’s a spectacular view of coastline all the way back to the white spires of Lisbon.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
I spoke to sources who have worked in a defense capacity, and they said most likely this was human error—that it’s right next to a barracks and it could have been an error in combat.
From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026
Paroled Union soldiers at Camp Douglas in Chicago set fire to their barracks in protest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
The factory barracks was set in the center of the broad Phillips compound; there was no way a camp official could approach it without crossing this open space.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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