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 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 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
  • Seven inmates are still at large on May 19 after escaping from a New Orleans jail through a hole behind a toilet.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • The attack lands him behind bars, not for the first time, with his seven-month jail stint an interstice covered by the first of Dickinson’s vertiginous reality-break sequences.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • In that case, Douglas was sentenced to five years of probation and had his 2-year prison sentence stayed, court documents say.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 19 May 2025
  • In June 2024, three people were sentenced to eight months in prison after being found guilty of racially abusing Vinicius Jr in that May 2023 match at Valencia.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Stroud was one of several notorious men who have called the Leavenworth penitentiary home.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2025
  • Although best known for its 29 years as a federal penitentiary, the island of Alcatraz was also a military fort, used by the army during the Civil War to protect San Francisco from Confederate raiders.
    Louise McLoughlin, CNN Money, 5 May 2025

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“Bastille.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bastille. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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