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blockhouse

noun

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as in bunker

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Recent Examples of blockhouse The kitchen had two notable features—a big cast-iron woodstove on which everything was cooked, and a dishwasher that stood up like a blockhouse, designed to receive trays two feet by two with wire-mesh bottoms and sides four inches high. — John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 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. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026 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 These bolts anchored the blockhouse to the slab, Penders said. — Rick Neale, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 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

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But his hopes took a nasty turn on the par-five 15th when his tee shot caromed off the side of a bunker and settled next to the lip, leaving him no stance and no shot.

— Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Young drove into a fairway bunker on the final hole and failed to clear its steep face with his second shot.

— Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026

Definition of bunker

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Carter, looking to Toronto’s dugout before his ceremonial first pitch, directly challenged the 2026 Jays to reach those heights.

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Mattingly has since orchestrated a significant turnaround for the Phillies, now serving as their interim manager and coaching in the National League All-Star dugout.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

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Established in 1855 as a military post to fight against the Mescalero Apache, the fort went on to play a minor role in the Civil War and later served as a tuberculosis sanitorium and a World War II internment camp.

— Allison Savage Bates, Denver Post, 19 July 2026
The old site was fort-like, recalling dark chapters in Native American history.

— Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of fort

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