as in fortress
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
a series of forts along the frontier
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Recent Examples of fort
Roxanne held down the fort while Renee graduated from Florida State University in Tallahassee.
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Troops made their way to Florida in the mid-1830s and constructed a series of forts that were a day’s walk apart from each other along the St. Johns River.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
Conclusions: John Means will not likely be a pitching project fort Guardians pitching coach Carl Willis and his staff.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The 400-year-old fort is famed for its mirror work on the walls and 3D carvings creating illusions on its pillars.
—Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Troops made their way to Florida in the mid-1830s and constructed a series of forts that were a day’s walk apart from each other along the St. Johns River.
—Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
Conclusions: John Means will not likely be a pitching project fort Guardians pitching coach Carl Willis and his staff.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The 400-year-old fort is famed for its mirror work on the walls and 3D carvings creating illusions on its pillars.
—Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fort
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On clear days, that very body of water, and the white mountains beyond it, are part of the panoramic view from the terrace of Boone’s house, a sharp-angled, industrial-gray luxury fortress with towering windows atop a cliff 30 minutes south of Salt Lake City.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
11 Mar. 2025
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India have spent the last three weeks in Dubai and made the venue into a fortress.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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They are armed with automatic weapons – largely smuggled from the United States – and move unhindered through the narrow, winding alleys of their neighborhood strongholds in Port-au-Prince, which national and multinational police forces are often unable to navigate in their bulky armored vehicles.—
Linnea Fehrm,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Mar. 2025
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Around the fortress city of Pokrovsk, a key Ukrainian stronghold in eastern Ukraine, Russian assaults are down 80 percent compared to their recent peak in mid-January, according to Ukrainian analysis group DeepState.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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It was built to protect Florida and the Atlantic trade route, and is now the oldest masonry fortification on the continent, interpreting more than 450 years of cultural intersections.—
Food Drink Life,
The Mercury News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Once an important feudal stronghold deep in the Japanese Alps, Matsumoto is known today for its towering castle; arguably the most stunning fortification in the entire country with its black-onyx trim and turquoise moat filled with curious koi.—
Brandon Presser,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2025
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Its objective was not to retreat from the citadels of governance but to place them under siege.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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Dominated by the enormous Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon, and a citadel, which sits along the 2.5-mile-long Avenue of the Dead, the site awed even the Aztecs, who wondered what vanished civilization could have created such a monumental city.—
John Newton,
AFAR Media,
24 Jan. 2025
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The sandy beaches of South Beach only had a smattering of sun bathers, sand castle builders, joggers and swimmers.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025
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Snow White and Jonathan meet at the castle when he’s caught thieving potatoes.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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When every day brings some new, head-spinning event on the world stage, when polarization seems to define our national discourse, now is a good time to stop and give thanks for the bastion of solace in the heart of New York City — Central Park.—
Betsy Smith,
New York Daily News,
17 Mar. 2025
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Associated Press journalists saw a handful of tanks move Sunday into Jenin, long a bastion of armed struggle against Israel.—
Majdi Mohammed and Tia Goldenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Fort.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fort. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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