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Along the way, bicyclists can encounter the last remaining watchtowers, museums and memorials, and the modern-day city center.
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Tanya Mohn, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
In India, a drunk elephant attacked a watchtower, while in China the supply of humanoid robots struggled to keep pace with rental demand.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
It was used by the K.G.B. as a watchtower and a radio antenna during the long occupation, which ended only with the fall of the Iron Curtain, in 1991.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
These watchtowers were commonly built along the edge of the Roman Empire in the Fourth Century, and there were several graves surrounding the structure.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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Tanya Mohn, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
In India, a drunk elephant attacked a watchtower, while in China the supply of humanoid robots struggled to keep pace with rental demand.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
It was used by the K.G.B. as a watchtower and a radio antenna during the long occupation, which ended only with the fall of the Iron Curtain, in 1991.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
These watchtowers were commonly built along the edge of the Roman Empire in the Fourth Century, and there were several graves surrounding the structure.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Watchtower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watchtower. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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watchtower
noun
watch·tow·er
ˈwäch-ˌtau̇(-ə)r 
ˈwȯch-
: a tower for a lookout
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