internment
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In 1942 he entered one of the government’s Japanese internment camps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
Third, the military collapse of the caliphate 10 years ago didn’t result only in its territorial disappearance; it also led to the internment of several thousand jihadists fanatical to the point of madness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 2, 2026
I’m not sure I knew internment had happened, or understood its scale, before I reached adulthood.
From Salon • Jul. 6, 2025
Mr Gallagher reminded the court that Mr Adams was released from internment without trial to attend peace talks with the British government in 1972.
From BBC • May 6, 2025
Their internment starting in 1942 and spanning the war represented one of the darkest periods in American history.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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