Examples of penal colony in a Sentence
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Russian law prohibits the use of the substance, and Griner was detained in a women’s penal colony.
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Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
The most prominent, Aleksei A. Navalny, died in a penal colony in the Arctic Circle in February.
—Anton Troianovski Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 7 May 2024
Putin's most prominent opponent, Alexei Navalny, was found dead in an Arctic penal colony in February.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 7 May 2024
Months later, she was convicted on drug charges and sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony.
—Elena Burnett, NPR, 6 May 2024
Nevertheless, a Russian judge sentenced her to nine years in a penal colony built on the site of a former gulag in Mordovia.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2024
By sending Navalny to the notorious high-security penal colony in a remote town above the Arctic Circle, the Kremlin had effectively imposed a death sentence on the opposition leader, the sources said.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
After the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny’ s death in February in an Arctic penal colony, Morgan decided to make the cause more ambiguous.
—Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
By Simon Shuster / Vilnius April 17, 2024 7:00 AM EDT
Outside the closed world of the Kremlin and the Russian prison system, few could have anticipated the death of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s leading dissident, in an Arctic penal colony on February 16.
—TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
Nasha Smith, Peoplemag, 9 May 2024
The most prominent, Aleksei A. Navalny, died in a penal colony in the Arctic Circle in February.
—Anton Troianovski Nanna Heitmann, New York Times, 7 May 2024
Putin's most prominent opponent, Alexei Navalny, was found dead in an Arctic penal colony in February.
—Armani Syed, TIME, 7 May 2024
Months later, she was convicted on drug charges and sentenced to nine years in a Russian penal colony.
—Elena Burnett, NPR, 6 May 2024
Nevertheless, a Russian judge sentenced her to nine years in a penal colony built on the site of a former gulag in Mordovia.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2024
By sending Navalny to the notorious high-security penal colony in a remote town above the Arctic Circle, the Kremlin had effectively imposed a death sentence on the opposition leader, the sources said.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2024
After the Russian opposition leader Aleksei A. Navalny’ s death in February in an Arctic penal colony, Morgan decided to make the cause more ambiguous.
—Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
By Simon Shuster / Vilnius April 17, 2024 7:00 AM EDT
Outside the closed world of the Kremlin and the Russian prison system, few could have anticipated the death of Alexei Navalny, Russia’s leading dissident, in an Arctic penal colony on February 16.
—TIME, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Penal colony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/penal%20colony. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
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