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laager

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Definition of laager

South African

as in garrison

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Noun

In the 15th century, the Incas established an important military garrison and administrative center here.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 July 2026
Because these positions are often held by relatively small Ukrainian garrisons due to the challenges of resupply, Russian forces that reach the town in sufficient numbers are likely to capture it.

— Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Definition of garrison

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Another strike targeted a barracks for Iran’s 388th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, which operates tanks and armored vehicles, in Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iranian state television reported.

— Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 15 July 2026
The explosions were blamed on the negligent handling of dynamite in a barracks close to residential areas.

— Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026

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Here’s a look at some key position battles to follow throughout camp and the preseason, plus some players on the fringe who will need to stand out.

— Mike DeFabo, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Rehab, 48, whose home was destroyed in a drone strike at a displacement camp in El-Obeid in June, said the past few weeks had been among the hardest since the war began.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

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As recidivist would-be escapees, de Boeldieu, Marechal, and Rosenthal are transferred to an impregnable medieval fortress, commanded by Captain von Rauffenstein, now burnt, broken in body, and wearing a neck brace.

— Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026
Cancer doesn’t just create a fortress in the body to curb attacks.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026

Definition of fortress

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Crews are wanting to learn more about the earthen fortification, known as the redoubt, which is essentially a dirt fort colonial soldiers built by hand overnight before fighting began.

— Kailey Schuyler, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2026
Contrast that with Europe, ostensibly a redoubt of strong climate policy.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 4 June 2026

Definition of redoubt

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Increasing Spanish costs for defense, such as building forts and training militia, led to higher taxes and strained local economies.

— Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
Designed as a military fort, two seven-story towers on the platform were intended to prevent German bombing raids on London.

— Brit McCandless Farmer, CBS News, 12 July 2026

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The captain had done a brief stint in OK town cantonment after getting his commission three and a half years ago and knew that the vehicle registration plates were the only exciting thing about the city.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
The school bus was transporting students from various areas to a military-run school in a high-security cantonment, according to officials.

— Zia ur-Rehman, New York Times, 21 May 2025

Definition of cantonment

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In its place is Sanwits, the group’s latest, a sandwich shop overseen by Eric Valdez, who was the chef de cuisine of Dhamaka before becoming the chef-partner of the Filipino restaurant Naks, the group’s other non-Indian outpost.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
His aunt's side of the family is behind Osteria da Fortunata, which has five locations in Rome, three in Milan one in Bologna and an outpost in Miami.

— Natalie B. Compton The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026

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