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Swans glide across Lake Hallstatt, medieval watchtowers rise over Rothenburg’s cobbled lanes, and thunderous waterfalls crash into the Atlantic—2025’s most beautiful villages are quietly spellbinding.
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, Vishnu heads to a watchtower and Sukhbir sets off in a boat with a backup plan if the others fail to detonate the explosives from inside.
—Time, 13 Aug. 2025
Through the centuries, the watchtowers evolved into self-sufficient villages that grew crops, raised sheep and housed farmers.
—Aileen Weintraub, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
The bus stopped near the Iraqi border, where watchtowers loomed on hills and armed border patrol abounded.
—Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 10 June 2025
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, Vishnu heads to a watchtower and Sukhbir sets off in a boat with a backup plan if the others fail to detonate the explosives from inside.
—Time, 13 Aug. 2025
Through the centuries, the watchtowers evolved into self-sufficient villages that grew crops, raised sheep and housed farmers.
—Aileen Weintraub, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025
The bus stopped near the Iraqi border, where watchtowers loomed on hills and armed border patrol abounded.
—Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchtower
tower
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Ross towers over the 5-foot, 4 and a half-inch Dumond — his primary handler — and the other horses in the stable, who range from 1,100 to 1,200 pounds.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Developers are pitching five buildings for the site, each described as two stories tall but capped at 80 feet, shorter than the 120-foot power towers already standing nearby.—
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Oct. 2025
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