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pow

noun as in political prisoner

noun as in prisoner of war

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Ukraine's national police said that "expert reports, witness testimony and video footage from the scene confirmed that the Russian soldier deliberately killed the POW on the orders of his commanders, who had instructed troops not to take Ukrainian soldiers captive".

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Photos provided by Jang's organisation show one POW reading letters from defectors now living in the South.

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"I don't recall training on international humanitarian law," a Russian POW told the UN recently.

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Bella Aguirre sat on a stool at Sticky Rice’s counter, finishing her meal of pad kra pow.

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The daily confidential pow wow that precedes the actual conclave will enable many of them to meet for the first time and decide to what extent they want to restore the past or look to the future.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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