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Recent Examples of battlement
The visit commences in the main piazzetta, home to the 12-century Saint Thomas Becket of Canterbury church and the medieval castle whose battlements loom over the village.
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Jaclyn Degiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2024
Pedestrians sauntered along a row of European flagship boutiques nestled in battlements of creamy limestone: Gucci, YSL, Prada, Louis Vuitton.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Hike up the road to the summit on the back side of Mt. Ballyhoo to see some of the old battlements.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023
The castle now belongs to the family of an Italian lawyer who purchased the fortified island in 1912 and began restoration of its battlements, churches, convents, crypts and gardens.
—Joe Yogerst, CNN, 11 May 2023
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Jaclyn Degiorgio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2024
Pedestrians sauntered along a row of European flagship boutiques nestled in battlements of creamy limestone: Gucci, YSL, Prada, Louis Vuitton.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
Hike up the road to the summit on the back side of Mt. Ballyhoo to see some of the old battlements.
—Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2023
The castle now belongs to the family of an Italian lawyer who purchased the fortified island in 1912 and began restoration of its battlements, churches, convents, crypts and gardens.
—Joe Yogerst, CNN, 11 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for battlement
Noun
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Meanwhile, a parapet would stand at 28 feet 6 inches and the skylight would be at 29 feet 1 inch.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2025
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Then, as the credits sequence continues through the creative team, things get more ominous: Monkeys assemble together, climbing the parapets, even as someone tries to hold them off (?) with a spider.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Perhaps halfway up to the crest which forms the ramparts of the Mule Shoe was a jutting bastion of orange-colored rock.—
Frank C. Hibben,
Outdoor Life,
27 Feb. 2025
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The 18th-century ramparts encircling the city are free to climb and boast dramatic ocean views.—
Livia Hengel,
Forbes,
26 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Back in the fortress, the Man of Steel scolds Krypto for wrecking the joint while he was gone.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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The tower’s slender triangles look diaphanous from a distance, but from the sidewalk the building resembles a fortress, with a 186-foot concrete-and-steel base safeguarding the 94 stories above from bombings.—
David W. Dunlap,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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During that 20-year period, the British inherited Spanish forts and added a network of seven redoubts—long, earthen mounds—to beef up defenses.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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Courtesy of Visit Malta Explore Valletta’s harbor, cathedral, and forts The European Union’s smallest capital, Valletta, does big movie-making business.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
21 Mar. 2025
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These caterpillars are kings of the tiniest castles ever identified.—
Becky Ferreira,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Without major renovations, the castle is heading for ruin, Reckert says.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Broader Impact of Nutrition Funding Cuts In addition to treatment programs, nutrition funding cuts have hit essential prevention programs— breastfeeding promotion, food fortification, school feeding, agriculture, and social protection.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland have very visibly laid down new fortifications to trip up advancing tanks.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Anything can happen between now and 2029, but the threat to one of traditional TV’s last remaining bulwarks is about as real—and potentially devastating—as an old-school forearm shiver to the jaw.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Furthermore, Reuters reported in February that Israel was actively lobbying the U.S. not to pressure Russia to withdraw from Syria, arguing the Russian military’s vastly diminished presence in Syria serves as a necessary bulwark against further Turkish expansion there.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Archaeologists believe the Incan citadel was built in the 1420s and abandoned sometime in the mid 1500s, around the time Spanish conquistadors invaded the Inca Empire.—
Hannah Edgar,
ARTnews.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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Its objective was not to retreat from the citadels of governance but to place them under siege.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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