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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

Definition of fortresses

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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
The city remains one of Ukraine’s last strongholds in the Donbas region, but the Russians are getting dangerously close.

— Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of strongholds

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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
The problem is, these companies act much more like private enterprises than bastions of science.

— Matthew Sun, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of bastions

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Today, that room looks across UC Davis experimental fields — and toward the small airport where the home’s current owner, Elizabeth Thigpen, learned to fly as a teenager.

— David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
More than 60 have been approved, in fields including respiratory care, cybersecurity and water resource management.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of fields

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The flames of perdition, fueled by guilt, estrangement, and repression, lap at society’s sham institutions and flimsy fronts of civility.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
But while the market logged a winning day on almost all fronts, an alarming trend not seen since 1999 was happening under the surface, CNBC's Sean Conlon writes.

— CJ Haddad, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

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