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Recent Examples of barrack
Army barracks torn down, new housing to come The Glendale campus was originally a U.S. Army air-training base for World War II.
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Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 June 2019
Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday.
—CBS News, 10 July 2017
The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future.
—Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2017
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Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 June 2019
Some 200 people were quickly evacuated from campgrounds in the fire's path in addition to 80 children who were trapped in a camp barracks Saturday.
—CBS News, 10 July 2017
The Marine veteran used some of his time while in the Wounded Warrior barracks to take writing, filmmaking and business classes, with an eye toward this future.
—Jeanette Steele, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 June 2017
The military would not permit reporters to wait near the gate to the prison barracks complex.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barrack
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Adding to the escalating tensions, the country’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that tens of thousands of Palestinian residents who have left the centers of militancy targeted by the Israeli operation and are displaced within the West Bank will not be allowed to return to their homes.—
Isabel Kershner,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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Although no policies have been announced targeting transgender immigrants specifically, their overlapping identities put them uniquely at risk for violence, and potentially even death, some experts told CNN.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN,
23 Feb. 2025
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The pair roomed together on road trips late last season after Sasaki arrived from Japan in March for the spring quarter and acclimated to his new life by traveling with the team without playing.—
Janie McCauley,
The Mercury News,
20 Feb. 2025
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Hey Dewy makes a compact, travel-friendly humidifier that humidifies rooms up to 500 square feet.—
Anna Haines,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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More:Justin Trudeau needles Donald Trump after Canada beats USA in 4 Nations Face-Off final The slim margin gives GOP holdouts power to cause major disruptions.—
Riley Beggin,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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In foreign affairs, Trump has needled allies Canada and Mexico.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
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Energy Transfer claimed that thousands of protestors who camped near the construction site for months delayed the pipeline's start and increased costs by at least $300 million.—
Jeff Brady,
NPR,
24 Feb. 2025
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Police — there and clearing people camping at the park — charged the reporters with trespassing.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Feb. 2025
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By then, her voice had worn ragged — lower in pitch, rougher in tone, better suited for more sophisticated songs.—
Robert Levine,
Billboard,
1 Feb. 2025
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Two small feral-looking kids, ragged, both looked about seven years old, had been told off several times for knocking some of these flimsy chairs to one side as if to let the horse out.—
Ali Smith,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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The structure was roofed over, and food service was established.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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But that base is wrapped and roofed by a basket woven from bentwood slats and covered in a translucent synthetic fabric called ETFE.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
8 Jan. 2025
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Goliath was a character who taunted and terrified the entire army of Israel for 40 days.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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According to Carranza, another student was taunting her daughter, saying that her family would be deported, and Jocelynn would be left alone.—
Ed Lavandera,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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The Dolphins were forced to bunk out at a downtown Oakland hotel, in a fishbowl environment.—
Mark Purdy,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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The former heavyweight champ, 58, has been bunking in the Vegas suburb of Henderson, Nevada, for almost a decade.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Barrack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/barrack. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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