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Recent Examples of blockhouse
Attempts by newsmen to get word from the Complex 34 blockhouse proved fruitless as pad personnel declined to supply information or page public information officials.
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Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
Learn More Military History Finally, make a stop at the Oconee Military Museum to honor veterans from the area and the Oconee Station State Historic Site, a stone blockhouse that as used as an outpost by the South Carolina State Militia from about 1792 to 1799.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2025
That same Christmas in Columbia, a settlement of four blockhouses and 50 settlers founded a month earlier at what is now Columbia-Tusculum, pioneers held a feast.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024
One of the original blockhouses overlooks the canal, while the old town is filled with art galleries and craft stories.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Nearby, several of his men sat in the shade of a small blockhouse, holding automatic weapons.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
This makeshift blockhouse marks where technicians launched Bumper 8 on July 24, 1950 — America's first rocket from the Cape.
—Rick Neale, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
The news touched off a wild celebration in the blockhouse hard by the Vanguard launching platform.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
Chavez was responsible for the craft’s electrical monitor console, which was located in the blockhouse, a concrete building used to observe the proceedings.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2019
Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
Learn More Military History Finally, make a stop at the Oconee Military Museum to honor veterans from the area and the Oconee Station State Historic Site, a stone blockhouse that as used as an outpost by the South Carolina State Militia from about 1792 to 1799.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2025
That same Christmas in Columbia, a settlement of four blockhouses and 50 settlers founded a month earlier at what is now Columbia-Tusculum, pioneers held a feast.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024
One of the original blockhouses overlooks the canal, while the old town is filled with art galleries and craft stories.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
Nearby, several of his men sat in the shade of a small blockhouse, holding automatic weapons.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
This makeshift blockhouse marks where technicians launched Bumper 8 on July 24, 1950 — America's first rocket from the Cape.
—Rick Neale, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
The news touched off a wild celebration in the blockhouse hard by the Vanguard launching platform.
—Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
Chavez was responsible for the craft’s electrical monitor console, which was located in the blockhouse, a concrete building used to observe the proceedings.
—IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blockhouse
Noun
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The cheapest facility the firm has priced was for an existing 54,000-square-foot bunker costing $45 million.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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Israeli intelligence discovered Khamenei spent quite a lot of time above ground in his offices and not in his bunker, an Israeli source briefed on the joint strike told ABC News.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The inning still carried tension after that, especially when Junior Caminero was hit by a pitch and stayed down briefly before popping up, yelling and raising his arms toward the Dominican faithful behind the first-base dugout.—
Noah Gulley,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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Guardiola has served a one-match ban, from the FA Cup tie at home to Exeter City, for collecting three yellow cards, so that will be three games in total when he has not been permitted in the dugout.—
Daniel Taylor,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Historical accounts and later academic research describe him as enslaving hundreds of Native Americans, forcing Indigenous people to labor at the fort and punishing or pursuing those who attempted to flee.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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She and Guthrie's cohost, Craig Melvin, were meant to join NBC’s 2026 Winter Olympics press team in Milan, but stayed behind to hold down the fort in Savannah's stead.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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