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Roni was assigned to the watchtower at Nahal Oz near the Gaza border on Oct. 7 when militants launched their surprise attack on Israel.
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NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
The conductor’s cabin is just above, accessed via a tiny staircase, like a watchtower or a tree house.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2024
Local officials built a landing pad for heavy-lift helicopters that transport water tanks and watchtowers for the forestry service.
—Madjid Serrah, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
Suddenly, the towers’ tall shapes suggest familiar structures — buoys bobbing at sea, warning of hazardous shoals ahead; deep-sea oil rigging, pulling up the fluid that drives the industrial ruin of global warming; the watchtowers surveilling a prison or military installation.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
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NBC News, 18 Oct. 2024
The conductor’s cabin is just above, accessed via a tiny staircase, like a watchtower or a tree house.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2024
Local officials built a landing pad for heavy-lift helicopters that transport water tanks and watchtowers for the forestry service.
—Madjid Serrah, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2024
Suddenly, the towers’ tall shapes suggest familiar structures — buoys bobbing at sea, warning of hazardous shoals ahead; deep-sea oil rigging, pulling up the fluid that drives the industrial ruin of global warming; the watchtowers surveilling a prison or military installation.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Watchtower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watchtower. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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watchtower
noun
watch·tow·er
ˈwäch-ˌtau̇(-ə)r 
ˈwȯch-
: a tower for a lookout
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