as in stronghold
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
a massive stone redoubt at the entrance of the bay guarded the city
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Recent Examples of redoubt
Now his officers are under siege from all sides, and the command center at the downtown Minneapolis precinct is their redoubt.
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Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
Appointed in 1999, Cipriani had sought to assert control over the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, widely viewed as a redoubt of liberation theology.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
By age 21, Reiner was where all the cool kids wanted to be — in the writers’ room at The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, the only countercultural redoubt on squaresville television.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
The largest area of the state whose representation would change is in the state’s inland far North, a ruby-red redoubt of farmers and ranchers living in the upper Sacramento Valley, northern Sierra Nevada, southern Cascades, and Great Basin — as well as some Sacramento suburbs.
—Hanna Zakharenko, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2025
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Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
Appointed in 1999, Cipriani had sought to assert control over the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, widely viewed as a redoubt of liberation theology.
—Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
By age 21, Reiner was where all the cool kids wanted to be — in the writers’ room at The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, the only countercultural redoubt on squaresville television.
—Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 29 Dec. 2025
The largest area of the state whose representation would change is in the state’s inland far North, a ruby-red redoubt of farmers and ranchers living in the upper Sacramento Valley, northern Sierra Nevada, southern Cascades, and Great Basin — as well as some Sacramento suburbs.
—Hanna Zakharenko, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redoubt
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The district includes portions of Miami-Dade and Broward counties and has long been considered a Democratic stronghold.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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Funeral ceremonies are expected to begin in Tehran and move to Qom, a stronghold of many senior Shiite clerics, then to Mashhad, Khamenei's birthplace.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 June 2026
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Today, visitors can explore the fortress, spread out for a picnic on the green lawn and take in sweeping views of America’s Oldest City from the gun deck.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Perhaps the best way to understand Helsinki’s origins is to take the short ferry ride across the harbor to the island-fortress of Suomenlinna (now a popular park).—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 June 2026
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For instance, the conservative rural North State would be denied any real representation as the district would swoop down to take in Marin County, the liberal bastion just north of the Golden Gate Bridge.—
The Editorial Board,
Oc Register,
19 Aug. 2025
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The bastion, the fortifications, the views all shape the mood for diners.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Built with thick walls of coquina, the Castillo remains the oldest masonry fortification in the continental United States.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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In the 4th century, a defensive wall was constructed in response to instability and military pressures, leading to the fortification of urban settlements.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
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One of the oldest citadels in the Middle East, Jerash has seen an unbroken chain of human occupation since the Bronze Age.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
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After all, this is a hotel built into a citadel from the Middle Ages, though with a pool, spa, and pain au chocolats on hand, guests here are living eons better than the Gallo-Romans used to.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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DuPage County prosecutors said, On Saturday, a 9-year-old boy and some friends were building a fort on the 1400 block of West Jefferson Avenue, when a girl damaged the fort.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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With all that activity, small-time Helsinki took off, becoming a boomtown in support of the grand strategic fort.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
10 June 2026
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The party will continue on Tuesday morning with a special birthday moment for park guests in front of the castle which is the tallest in any Disney park and the only one to contain a boat ride.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Between Christmas towns, kids can splash around in the small indoor pool or patrol the top deck for Elsa-worthy castles lining the banks of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley.—
Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 June 2026
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“Redoubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redoubt. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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