bastille

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Recent Examples of bastille For his part, Bowie celebrated the election by joining forces with John Barleycorn and evicting the residents of the local bastille. Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018 In these wet, wooden bastilles in New York waters, more Americans died than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War combined. Benedict Cosgrove, Smithsonian, 13 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bastille
Noun
  • North Little Rock police officer Tommy Norman, whose social media presence attracted millions of followers before his Saturday arrest on a domestic battery count, was released from jail Monday morning after posting a $350 bond, court records showed.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2025
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    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Scott was convicted of murder and sent to prison.
    Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Barr was attorney general when Epstein was found dead in his prison cell in 2019, a death that was later deemed a suicide.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Arcángela and Serafina remain in the women’s penitentiary, continuing to operate illicit businesses and accumulating wealth, but without hope of freedom.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Prisoners look out of their cell at maximum security penitentiary CECOT (Center for the Compulsory Housing of Terrorism) on April 4 in Tecoluca, San Vicente, El Salvador.
    Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Bastille.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastille. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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