barracks

Example Sentences

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Last month, officials from several Gulf states met defense companies at a British army barracks close to Buckingham Palace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Besides the chapel, they are a trolley station, a wing of barracks and the superintendent’s and governor’s residences.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

I spoke to sources who have worked in a defense capacity, and they said most likely this was human error—that it’s right next to a barracks and it could have been an error in combat.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2026

Eventually, it failed, after the young king addressed Spaniards - and the armed forces - via a televised message, expressing his opposition to the rebels and ordering all military to remain in their barracks.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

We marched along a path between twisted rolls of barbed wire and through a wide gate into a compound of low tin-roofed barracks.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom