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Recent Examples of oubliette
This godown was an oubliette.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
Let the novel open like an oubliette under your feet.
—Parul Sehgal, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2019
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
Let the novel open like an oubliette under your feet.
—Parul Sehgal, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oubliette
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This data started to coalesce a week ago as a result of the rarely-dropping god roll combo on the Vesper’s Host dungeon’s new grenade launcher.Paul Tassi, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Trending Boring dungeon design aside, Metaphor ReFantazio is a stellar achievement.Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
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Another suspect, Gary Howard Oliva, who spent eight years in prison on child pornography charges, was first named as a person of interest in a 2002 episode of the CBS show 48 Hours Investigates.Emily Blackwood, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Simon was sentenced to what amounts to life in prison, as well as an additional 10 years.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
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Doing so can result in a $500 fine and up to 30 days in jail.Nate Chute, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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Smollett spent less than a week in jail after an Illinois appeals court granted an emergency motion by his attorneys to delay his sentence and grant him bail until their appeal is resolved, CNN previously reported.Megan Thomas, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez reconnected with an old friend in California.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
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But there’s a war out there in Tulsa, whose lucrative drug trade is not being overseen by the usual cartel, but by a native tribe chief (Graham Greene) who runs the Indian Brotherhood from a state penitentiary.Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
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The wife of the man suspected of killing Georgia college student Laken Riley reportedly pleaded with him for answers during a jailhouse call in May, a court has heard.Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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Prosecutors have claimed that Allen confessed to the murders during a jailhouse call with his wife, the AP, CNN and Fox 59 reported.Liam Quinn, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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Heritage Village includes an 1881 two-cell calaboose from Mokena, the 1856 Wells Corner one-room schoolhouse from Homer Glen, the 1863 Greenho farmhouse from Crest Hill, the 1881 Wabash railroad depot from Symerton and a Lockport smokehouse.Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2022
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Lachenais was arrested and secured in the local calaboose, but a vigilance committee descended upon the jail and tore Lachenais out of his cell.Yxta Maya Murray, Longreads, 19 Aug. 2020
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For his part, Bowie celebrated the election by joining forces with John Barleycorn and evicting the residents of the local bastille.Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018
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In these wet, wooden bastilles in New York waters, more Americans died than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War combined.Benedict Cosgrove, Smithsonian, 13 Mar. 2017
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Buildings that were part of the stockade were then dismantled, and the wood planks were reused to build homes located throughout Marietta.Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
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After his conviction, Mr. Calley was removed from the stockade on Nixon’s orders and confined to his quarters at Fort Benning.Adam Bernstein, Washington Post, 29 July 2024
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“Oubliette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oubliette. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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