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 operation, according to the army’s statement, was conducted in the Mandara mountains, which form part of the militant group’s stronghold.—
Dyepkazah Shibayan,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
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The operation, according to the army’s statement, was conducted in the Mandara mountains which form a part of the militant group’s stronghold.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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Behind the digital fortress of the apps, men have taken to upselling themselves to increase their odds of an in-person date, a development that prospective matches are none too thrilled with.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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The teller’s arm swept around the long-hut, the circular walls of the fortress that enclosed them in its embrace.—
Maggie O’Farrell,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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This family home was a bastion of social and political life for many years before it was abandoned in the second World War, eventually becoming a shelter for those displaced.—
Katie Silcox,
Vogue,
28 May 2026
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Like Heated Rivalry before it, Off Campus presents the stereotypically male sport not as a bastion of aggressive masculinity, but as a space for community and care.—
Anna Rinderspacher,
Glamour,
20 May 2026
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With the growing threat has come greater fortification—so much so that the White House complex can be thought of as the new Green Zone.—
Matt Viser,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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Built as a Crusader castle around the 12th century on top of previous fortifications, it has also been used by Saladin’s Jerusalem army, Mamluks, Ottomans, the French and the Palestine Liberation Organization.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
31 May 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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Paton, 52, was in Peru with his wife to hike the Inca Trail, a popular route that ends at Machu Picchu, a citadel built by the Incas in the 15th century.—
Sam Peters,
CNN Money,
22 May 2026
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The brothers spent hours playing around their grandmother’s house—climbing trees, building forts, and racing through cornfields—but their home life was fraught.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
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Couples can also take a day trip to Dry Tortugas National Park, a remote national park that's more than 99 percent underwater and world-famous for its snorkeling and 19th-century coastal fort.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
7 June 2026
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From a castle built by a Sherlock Holmes actor in Connecticut to lava fields in Idaho that helped train astronauts, these destinations showcase the beauty, ingenuity and delightful weirdness that make the United States unique.—
Staff,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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Gaudí's basilica could be described like a sand castle on a beach.—
Seth Doane,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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“Redoubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redoubt. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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