blockhouse

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Recent Examples of blockhouse 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 The ultimate penalty was meted out to him in a rural penitentiary on the evening of Nov. 10, 2009, in a stark, concrete blockhouse called L Unit, as Meyers’s brother, Bob Meyers, looked on. Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2022
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Noun
  • Henley put his drive into a fairway bunker on 18 while the Irishman was safely in the short stuff in the middle of the hole.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Around mid-Saturday morning, when the broadcast suggested to viewers that the Americans might be gaining momentum, the camera next focused on Jon Rahm standing with his feet in a bunker, addressing a sidehill lie at knee-height.
    Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Carlos Narváez led off with a single, then walked back to the dugout as Nate Eaton took his place.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Phones were placed on the home plate side of each dugout, where traditional cameras aren’t allowed, Dickerson said.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Famous landmarks include the Castello Aragonese—a Game of Thrones-esque fort and settlement, with roots dating to the 5th century BC—located off the village of Ischia Ponte.
    Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Still, if the goal is for a third pair to hold the fort against lesser opponents until the impact players take over, why not make the job an investment in Winnipeg’s future?
    Murat Ates, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025

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