labor camp
Example Sentences
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The psychological damage from the labor camp coupled with the oppression of the Communist regime infiltrated the house, where her mother’s constant cleaning and other drudgery was a way of maintaining sanity and order.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
He’s even better as Irish coal-seller Bill Furlong, another man forced to fight his conscience when he discovers that his local convent doubles as a labor camp for unwed moms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025
According to U.S. officials, King - who chose to serve his time at a labor camp rather than pay the nearly $4,000 fine - has been declared AWOL.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Most of his time is focused on writing poetry and prose, including a memoir about his time in a Chinese labor camp.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2023
We had lived there in barracks eight months out of the year, from January through August, ever since Tent City, the farm labor camp, had been torn down.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
