prison

Example Sentences

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The prison has been used to indefinitely hold detainees seized during the wars and other operations that followed the attacks.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

He played recordings of prison calls between Grossman and her husband in which they discussed a Coinbase wallet with her bitcoin and another in which they discussed shifting assets to their children after the crash.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

At earlier hearings, it was revealed that Dedic had been accidentally set free from prison after a court official mixed up digital case files and mistakenly recorded that he had been granted bail.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Emma Donoghue’s novel deftly plays with dual visions of home as haven and prison.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Then we clustered dripping wet around the heap of prison dresses, holding them up, passing them about, looking for approximate fits.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom