chain gang
Example Sentences
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Tyson received an Oscar nomination for her work in “Sounder,” the 1972 story about a Louisiana sharecropper’s family coping with his imprisonment on a chain gang for a minor theft.
From Los Angeles Times
“But he was born black in America in the south, so instead of his intelligence and outlook being revered, celebrated and nurtured, he’s beaten and thrown in a chain gang for children at 11.”
From The Guardian
He ran a sprawling outdoor detention center he once referred to as a “concentration camp” where he subjected detainees to cruel theatrical practices like chain gangs.
From New York Times
If true, the creation of a chain gang of Uighur workers is yet another sickening dimension to one of the world’s most serious human rights crises.
From Washington Post
He’s back on the food chain gang here, as the title “Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken” indicates.
From New York Times
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