chain gang
noun
plural chain gangs
: a group of people (such as convicts) chained together especially as an outside working party
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In a chain gang sequence, Robeson is shot from low angle, full frame, head-to-toe, bare-chested, in striped pants, in leg irons, hammering rocks with a sledgehammer, radiating an energy that cannot be shackled.
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
The league likes the drama of a chain gang stretching to measure for that first down.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
Jim Harbaugh meanwhile was on the sidelines at a youth football game in the chain gang.
—Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
There was a man in the town of Spear [N.C., Wilson’s grandmother’s hometown] at the bottom of the mountain who was on a chain gang, accused of raping a white woman, and convicted by the jury that deliberated for five minutes.
—Jacquinn Sinclair, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
The league likes the drama of a chain gang stretching to measure for that first down.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2023
Jim Harbaugh meanwhile was on the sidelines at a youth football game in the chain gang.
—Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
There was a man in the town of Spear [N.C., Wilson’s grandmother’s hometown] at the bottom of the mountain who was on a chain gang, accused of raping a white woman, and convicted by the jury that deliberated for five minutes.
—Jacquinn Sinclair, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
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“Chain gang.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chain%20gang. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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