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Recent Examples of embattlement
After a long career of constant crisis, of triumph and embattlement, Lula looks his age.
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
For disparate Germans to come together required a common sense of embattlement.
—Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022
Accurate reporting and erroneous articles alike bred a deep sense of embattlement in Palo Alto.
—Ben Smith, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2021
Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and the Civil War Battery Hooper, a hillside cannon embattlement, was part of a ring of defenses set up across Northern Kentucky.
—Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 13 Sep. 2021
The physicality of conflict may be out of sight, but the tension of living in a constant state of embattlement is palpable.
—Danielle Avram, Dallas News, 28 Jan. 2021
But his embattlement also colors the regular work of electioneering, which always involves upbeat rallies and hopeful promises.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2020
Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023
For disparate Germans to come together required a common sense of embattlement.
—Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022
Accurate reporting and erroneous articles alike bred a deep sense of embattlement in Palo Alto.
—Ben Smith, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2021
Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and the Civil War Battery Hooper, a hillside cannon embattlement, was part of a ring of defenses set up across Northern Kentucky.
—Chris Mayhew, The Enquirer, 13 Sep. 2021
The physicality of conflict may be out of sight, but the tension of living in a constant state of embattlement is palpable.
—Danielle Avram, Dallas News, 28 Jan. 2021
But his embattlement also colors the regular work of electioneering, which always involves upbeat rallies and hopeful promises.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for embattlement
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Meanwhile, Desmond Castle stands watch beyond the village park—its stone battlements and arrow slits recalling Norman skirmishes and feudal lords.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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As part of that, some of its defensive features like towers and battlements were removed.—
Katie Nadworny,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Aug. 2025
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The best are those on top floors with views of the pool or Caribbean Sea beyond city ramparts—uninterrupted for over 500 miles north to Jamaica.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 May 2026
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Our stroll began outside the medieval gate—only residents can drive through the stone ramparts—and ended with an aperitif on the square.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2026
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Behind the digital fortress of the apps, men have taken to upselling themselves to increase their odds of an in-person date, a development that prospective matches are none too thrilled with.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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The teller’s arm swept around the long-hut, the circular walls of the fortress that enclosed them in its embrace.—
Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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Inspired by natural cave formations, the 6-meter (20-feet) tall, 50-square-meter (538-square-foot) house took just 14 days to print on site — from foundation to rooftop parapet — using a giant gantry printer, says Igarashi.—
Rebecca Cairns,
CNN Money,
7 May 2026
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During the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863, Carney saw the soldier carrying the regiment’s flag had been shot, and Carney rushed to grab the flag and carry it to the fort’s parapet.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
6 May 2026
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Iowa voters head to the polls Tuesday for primary elections that have become one of Democrats’ key focuses in their bid to claw back power in a state that once helped launch former President Barack Obama to the White House but has since become a Republican stronghold.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2026
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This remarkably intact 19th-century stronghold saw use during the Civil War and the Spanish-American War.—
Taryn Shorr-Mckee,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2026
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The civilization of love will not arise from a single or spectacular gesture, but from the sum total of small and steadfast acts of fidelity that serve as a bulwark against dehumanization.—
Siladitya Ray,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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That hyper-local, hyper-personal sense of trust and the village green is becoming an important bulwark against the erosion of values in other realms.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
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This family home was a bastion of social and political life for many years before it was abandoned in the second World War, eventually becoming a shelter for those displaced.—
Katie Silcox,
Vogue,
28 May 2026
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Like Heated Rivalry before it, Off Campus presents the stereotypically male sport not as a bastion of aggressive masculinity, but as a space for community and care.—
Anna Rinderspacher,
Glamour,
20 May 2026
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The infantrymen around him peeped painfully over the heap of dirt that substituted for a breastwork.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Embattlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embattlement. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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