chain gang
Example Sentences
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Based on a series of fantasy books by the Japanese author Nahoko Uehashi, the animated film “The Deer King” opens on a chain gang of enslaved people forced to labor in a salt mine.
From New York Times
After a trial in Orange County, the four men were convicted and sentenced to serve on a chain gang.
From Seattle Times
In a Season 4 teaser released in 2020, Hopper is alive, smoking a cigarette in a Russian chain gang.
From Washington Post
I drive along downtown’s streets and wonder which ones were made by chain gangs in the 1880s.
From Los Angeles Times
When the chain gang went in to measure it, the ball was short of the first down.
From Seattle Times
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