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battlefronts

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plural of battlefront

as in fortresses

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The horse was found amid structures and artifacts that have revealed more details of military and daily life inside ancient Egyptian fortresses, the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said in a Wednesday statement.

— Ahmed Shawkat, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
One that could truly turn water into the biggest floating fortresses the world has ever seen.

— Mike McRae September 16, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026

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Whilst the regions that make up the former East Germany are AfD strongholds, Merz’s problem lies in the party’s rise in popularity across the country.

— Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
During the final phase of the war in Gaza, Israel and the United States caused significant military and economic damage to Houthi strongholds in Yemen.

— April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

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But now, San Bernardino, Riverside and Kern counties — once considered bastions of affordability — are all right there with them.

— Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
According to the Polish Armed Forces, the measures include the installation of Hesco bastions — wire and mesh structures filled with sand or gravel that are easy to set up as protective barriers — along with new observation and guard posts.

— Anna Noryskiewicz, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of bastions

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With sport fields and courts, playgrounds, a community center, pool, splash pad, and more, the spot is always buzzing with activity.

— Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026
Hundreds of British troops crisscrossed fields with thousands of metres of razor wire and dug a long ditch that was later partially filled with water to act as a moat to keep the Protestant marchers away from the Catholic enclave.

— Amanda Ferguson Reuters, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026

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The donation, believed to be the largest ever from an individual to a university, comes at a time when higher education has been under attack on many fronts.

— Susan Svrluga, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
The region’s multilateral development banks—the Inter-American Development Bank, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, and a panoply of subregional banks—can help on several fronts.

— DAN RESTREPO, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026

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