laager

South African

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Noun
  • In 2020, an Iranian missile attack on a US garrison left more than 100 soldiers with traumatic brain injuries.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 22 June 2025
  • Medieval Skeleton Reveals What Life Was Like With a Disability in the Middle Ages A Snapshot of Medieval Life Grave inside the garrison.
    Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • McGlinchey said the run game has been a focal point all of camp.
    Vic Tafur, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
  • But that’s what’s noteworthy —remarkable, even — about the kind of training camp he’s had.
    Sam McDowell August 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In real life, the high-tech Utah fortress from the streaming film Mountainhead is available as a $60,000-a-night rental in Utah, and Yellowstone’s iconic Montana ranch lets guests live out their Western drama fantasies.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The new Carnage maze coming to Magic Mountain this Halloween season will take visitors inside a fortress ruled by a villainous clown named Carnage.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • But the Assembly Public Safety Committee—the redoubt of progressive opposition to crime bills—quietly blocked it.
    Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 1 June 2025
  • Early on June 17, patriot soldiers built a redoubt, or temporary fortification, on top of Breed’s Hill, located next to Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
    Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Shots rang out at Fort Stewart at 10:56 a.m., according to the fort’s Facebook page, with medical personnel dispatched to treat the wounded at 11:09 a.m. An unidentified soldier posted a video on TikTok showing a group of uniformed soldiers running towards a door during lockdown.
    Dakin Andone, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
  • By the time the Army withdrew, settlers had created a small community around the fort, raising cattle and growing citrus.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025
Noun
  • The installation was locked down less than 10 minutes after the shooting was reported, and officials lifted the lockdown of the main cantonment area at 12:10 p.m.
    Alexandra Koch , Liz Friden, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • That’s because Disneyland Paris and Walt Disney World in Orlando have historically been the studio’s most popular outposts for travelers from the Middle East.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Israel is changing in ways that are challenging its image as an outpost of secular, liberal democracy in the Middle East.
    Marc Champion, Twin Cities, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Events and rallies are also scheduled in dozens of other states, both in Democratic strongholds and Republican-majority states.
    Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Republican strongholds such as Ohio, Indiana, Florida and Missouri are seen as having greater potential to expand their representation through redistricting.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
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“Laager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laager. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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