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Recent Examples of casbah
The rooms—seven in the main kasbah and another seven spread around the grounds—are as lovely as can be, but Dar Ahlam is not a traditional hotel.
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Ann Abel, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The views from the kasbah, nestled deep in the hills outside Marrakech, are uniformly spectacular.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
The face-offs that started with a break-in at Wick’s house have since traveled to antique weapons stores and Casablanca casbahs; New York City tunnels, bridges, harbors, and public libraries; and European museums and churches, with no civilians ever getting caught in the crossfire.
—Vulture, 25 Mar. 2023
La Muralla Roja, designed in 1968 and completed in 1973, in the coastal city of Calpe, reimagined the North African casbah as a bright pink assemblage of walls and stairways as if arranged by M.C. Escher.
—New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
She was arrested at a hideout in the casbah in 1957 but freed five years later, when Algeria declared independence in 1962, sparking the mass exodus of Europeans from the country.
—Washington Post, 9 July 2021
Ann Abel, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
The views from the kasbah, nestled deep in the hills outside Marrakech, are uniformly spectacular.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Oct. 2024
The face-offs that started with a break-in at Wick’s house have since traveled to antique weapons stores and Casablanca casbahs; New York City tunnels, bridges, harbors, and public libraries; and European museums and churches, with no civilians ever getting caught in the crossfire.
—Vulture, 25 Mar. 2023
La Muralla Roja, designed in 1968 and completed in 1973, in the coastal city of Calpe, reimagined the North African casbah as a bright pink assemblage of walls and stairways as if arranged by M.C. Escher.
—New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
She was arrested at a hideout in the casbah in 1957 but freed five years later, when Algeria declared independence in 1962, sparking the mass exodus of Europeans from the country.
—Washington Post, 9 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casbah
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The unique cultural makeup of Cádiz—with its famous Moorish alcazar, with its echoes of Arab-Andalusian culture playing alongside Spanish Catholic aesthetics—and its quiet way of life have been a steady guide for Judeline as she’s found her artistic voice and its visual direction.—
E.R. Pulgar,
SPIN,
20 Sep. 2024
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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
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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
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In an unexpected twist, ousted Vought International CEO Stan Edgar (Giancarlo Esposito) appeared, along with his supe granddaughter Zoe Neumann (Olivia Morandin), to help the group defeat Vikor before sweeping them all off to Edgar’s Homelander-proof bunker.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
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Edgar takes everyone to his underground bunker, where the remainder of the episode takes place.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
8 Oct. 2025
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For them, local self-government has become a fortress, and the drawbridge is up.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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The Nachems also got to work turning their home into a germ-free fortress, rehoming their pets, never opening the windows and opening the doors to outside as sparingly as possible.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
15 Oct. 2025
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Allen thundered a command for the British to hand over the fort.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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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
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“Casbah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casbah. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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