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
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.
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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
Israel quickly secured its borders with Syria, which sits to its northeast, and seized a buffer zone, including the summit of Mount Hermon, a key strategic redoubt.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025
But the Assembly Public Safety Committee—the redoubt of progressive opposition to crime bills—quietly blocked it.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 1 June 2025
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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
Israel quickly secured its borders with Syria, which sits to its northeast, and seized a buffer zone, including the summit of Mount Hermon, a key strategic redoubt.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 26 Sep. 2025
But the Assembly Public Safety Committee—the redoubt of progressive opposition to crime bills—quietly blocked it.
—Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redoubt
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DeSantis, who signed the law in the Republican stronghold of The Villages in Central Florida, was joined by several other Republicans who touted its provisions, warned about potential threats to election integrity, and offered fulsome praise of the governor.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2026
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Stanwick, a prominent Iron Age stronghold in northern England, is widely believed to have been a political hub of the Brigantes, a powerful Celtic confederation with a complex relationship with Rome.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
31 Mar. 2026
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Murad Bakhsh, who served as Aurangzeb’s ally in his campaign against Dara Shikoh, was arrested and confined in the fortress of Gwalior.—
Tamanna Nangia,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Visit clothing boutiques like Muses Corfu for something locally made, take a tour through the fortress, and stop in at Coconela for an artisanal coffee.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Apr. 2026
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Military engineers resorted to building lower, thicker ramparts, backed by earth, and sought to eliminate blind spots by building angular bastions — the aforementioned extrusions.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
27 Mar. 2026
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Malls in the Gulf have been a bastion of normalcy amid the instability, although footfall is substantially down on usual levels.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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Over many years, Iran has built underground fortifications and facilities to protect its missile and drone inventory.—
Daniel Kurtzer,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Mission Foods began fortification in 2024.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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Craig Proctor, the childhood friend who played Dungeons & Dragons with him, told me that Friedmann once showed him architectural floor plans for a citadel that Friedmann’s thief-rogue avatar would oversee.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Jeremy Blake released a trilogy of animations about San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House, the Victorian citadel built by a gun heiress to keep out the ghosts of those killed with her rifles.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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It was used as a military fort from 1850 to 1933, during which military prisoners were also housed on the island, according to BOP.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
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On the business side, Jason, Sarah, and Denise will hold down the fort.—
Hayden Field,
The Verge,
3 Apr. 2026
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Here are six of the most notable castles in Italy.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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Here, visitors can eat fresh fish and enjoy the sights, including the ruins of a Byzantine-period castle.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Redoubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redoubt. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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