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embattlement

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Recent Examples of embattlement After a long career of constant crisis, of triumph and embattlement, Lula looks his age. — 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

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Noun

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
As part of that, some of its defensive features like towers and battlements were removed.

— Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2025

Definition of battlement

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Gaspare Fossati, the architect best known for restoring Hagia Sophia, renovated the building in the 1840s, while the remains of 13th-century Genoese ramparts still form part of the restaurant walls downstairs.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 1 July 2026
Finally, unable to stand down the household guard on her own, Alicent confesses her scheme to Helaena, who orders the sentries on the ramparts to hold fire when Rhaenyra flies in on Syrax.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026

Definition of rampart

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Named for King George III, the fortress was built by the British in 1778 to protect West Florida from Spain.

— Lane Degregory, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
Playing on home soil in a venue that has become an almost impregnable fortress, El Tri will face England in the Round of 16 — in what is arguably the most important match in Mexican soccer history.

— Carlos Rodriguez, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026

Definition of fortress

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The work on the bridge includes replacement of the bridge deck, joints, membrane and overlay, parapets and roadway lighting as well as roadway improvements and related appurtenances.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026
The red brick building, with its geometric parapet wall and barrel plank ceiling, was built in the 1930s.

— Jenna Thompson June 10, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026

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The state has long been one of the country’s premier political battlegrounds, making the race an early test of whether socialism can expand beyond Democratic strongholds and compete statewide.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2026
On May 10, the same day the Second Continental Congress convened at the Pennsylvania State House, American troops captured a key British stronghold in New York, boosting Revolutionary morale.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 16 July 2026

Definition of stronghold

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However, the ballot proposition process would increasingly serve the very forces that direct democracy was conceived as a bulwark against — those with the means to push their pet causes.

— Mark Brilliant, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
For the past 30 years, the 6,000-square-foot bulwark served as the Yancey County Public Library, but no amount of shelving could mask the fact something more complex and was just below the surface.

— Mark Price Updated June 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026

Definition of bulwark

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His death sent Republicans scrambling to choose his successor in South Carolina, a bastion of conservative politics.

— Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
The property’s infinity pool is one of its defining features, offering sweeping views across the surrounding bastions and historic landscape.

— Corein Carter, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

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