as in fortress
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
defenders at the border fortifications preparing for an attack
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The town — like several other similar sites in Northern Arabia — also showed signs of fortification.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
The ruler undertook extensive construction projects, including palaces, temples and city fortifications.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The 49ers’ fortification of talent elsewhere in the secondary should also help.
—David Lombardi, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
Set to be completed by 2028, the fortifications along the Polish borders include antitank ditches, bunkers, and other obstacles designed to impede and control movement across the border, advanced surveillance systems, electronic warfare and anti-drone measures, and infrastructure development.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
The ruler undertook extensive construction projects, including palaces, temples and city fortifications.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The 49ers’ fortification of talent elsewhere in the secondary should also help.
—David Lombardi, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
Set to be completed by 2028, the fortifications along the Polish borders include antitank ditches, bunkers, and other obstacles designed to impede and control movement across the border, advanced surveillance systems, electronic warfare and anti-drone measures, and infrastructure development.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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The fortress is made up of two distinct areas: a core inner fortress that researchers say show signs of year-round residential use and a more sprawling outer area that may have been used more occasionally by roaming pastoral groups.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 8 Jan. 2025
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Geographically, the United States is both an economic hub and a military fortress.Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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During Spain’s colonial rule of the Philippines, which lasted from the mid-sixteenth century until 1898, Spanish priests staged folk dramas in town plazas; called moro-moro, the performances featured Christian soldiers dramatically capturing Islamic strongholds.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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The steakhouse may be no longer, but Fertitta still has a stronghold in the category in New York.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
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On the one hand, the country is an economic citadel, packed with resources and blessed by ocean borders that shield it from invasion while connecting it to global trade.Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Today, this citadel in the clouds faces a different kind of conquest: nearly a million people each year are treading sacred ground at this New Wonder of the World.Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2024
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Long a bastion of white males, the 94 district courts and 13 courts of appeals form the core of the federal judicial structure.David Faris, Newsweek, 29 Dec. 2024
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The intervention in Syria also allowed Russia to assume the role of protector of Christians in the Middle East—a role that, in Putin’s view, decadent Western powers had abdicated, and a mission that fit neatly with Putin’s desire to present Russia as Europe’s last bastion of Christian values.Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
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From the moment Sandoval arrives at the castle in Episode 1, his mere presence incites derision.Megan McCluskey, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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The black and white marble floor blocks and the 20,000 mission tiles for the roof were found in a Cuban castle.Miami Herasld Archives, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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Gales Ferry Intermodal had agreed from the start to preserve the footprint of the central fort, and the Archaeological Conservancy announced Dec. 26 a deal to save more.Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2025
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Nestled in a scenic mountain pass, this is a hike-in park on an interpretive trail to the ruins of the fort.Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Fortification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fortification. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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