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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Noun
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Could Georgia become new ICE stronghold?—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
25 Feb. 2026
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The town is a stronghold of Arab tribal leader Musa Hilal who also hails from the Rizeigat Arab tribe as the majority of the members of the paramilitary RSF.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Days are filled with swimming, snorkeling, birdwatching along the Florida Great Birding and Wildlife Trail, and exploring Fort Pickens, a 19th-century coastal fortress with panoramic views of the Gulf and bay.—
Carrie Honaker,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Mar. 2026
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Channel the Secret Garden storyline by adding the Peacock Alley Chloe percale set to your bedding fortress.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
4 Mar. 2026
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Since its inception 35 years ago, Sony Pictures Classics — under the uncommonly consistent stewardship of co-chiefs Michael Barker and Tom Bernard — has been a bastion of socially minded cinema on the global stage.—
Karen Kramer,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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For many decades, Memorial Day was seen as the bastion upon which our white wardrobe pieces were held back in the closet.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
21 Feb. 2026
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While fortified nutritional yeast provides B12 and is a good addition to a vegetarian diet, fortification levels vary widely across brands.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
4 Mar. 2026
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the deadly strike was caused by an Iranian weapon that made it through both air defenses and the operations center's fortifications.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 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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Historical accounts and later academic research describe him as enslaving hundreds of Native Americans, forcing Indigenous people to labor at the fort and punishing or pursuing those who attempted to flee.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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She and Guthrie's cohost, Craig Melvin, were meant to join NBC’s 2026 Winter Olympics press team in Milan, but stayed behind to hold down the fort in Savannah's stead.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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On the overlook of a dark, looming castle, scarred by war, two friends and lords look out through the mists.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
28 Feb. 2026
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Unfortunately, Rob is not single and has been dating someone for the past two months, breaking everyone’s heart in the castle just one last time.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Redoubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redoubt. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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