barracks

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The Red Cross said military barracks "are often in isolated locations and, by their very nature, can retraumatise people who have fled conflict and persecution".

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Requesting anonymity, the source emphasised that the Lebanese army was still present at the army barracks in Nabatieh city.

From Barron's • Jun. 14, 2026

On the first day of class, professor Reiko Hillyer writes a quote from French philosopher Michel Foucault on the board: Is it surprising that prisons resemble factories, schools, barracks, hospitals, which all resemble prisons?

From Slate • May 27, 2026

She shared it with her sister and other women who slept on boards stacked up in the barracks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

We followed the officer down a wide street lined with barracks on either side and halted at one of the gray, featureless sheds.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom