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Mudd, having narrowly avoided hanging, was sentenced to hard labor for life in a prison on an island off the coast of Florida, but in February, 1869, in a ceremony at the White House attended by Mudd’s wife, Andrew Johnson signed his pardon.
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Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
In front of an audience, they were sentenced to hard labor for watching South Korean dramas, in undated footage released by the Sand Institute.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2024
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Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
In front of an audience, they were sentenced to hard labor for watching South Korean dramas, in undated footage released by the Sand Institute.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2024
See all Example Sentences for hard labor
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“Hard labor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20labor. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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