watchtower

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Recent Examples of watchtower Photo : Array The watchtower has a view toward the ocean. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025 There is some variation in the mix — Origins allows troops to perform certain tasks like opening locked doors or destroying watchtowers, as well as special squad attacks like arrow sieges and rally cries that can be useful in the midst of the action. Diego Argüello, Rolling Stone, 13 Jan. 2025 Its design is inspired by ancient Sun worship, as well as watchtowers that were once used to warn Chinese Emperors of seaborne attacks, and its curving form has been constructed from two layers of slanted concrete shells that echo the sound of the waves. Adam Williams, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024 Under the glaring sun, people poured toward the notorious facility north of Damascus, as traffic stretched for miles and some left their cars to walk the last stretch uphill, past barbed wire fences and watchtowers. Clarissa Ward, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for watchtower
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tower
Noun
  • The tower then told the pilot that the plane was cleared to land on the runway.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 18 May 2025
  • The latest version is being built near the Dubai Canal in Business Bay, an area that has become a mixed-use business and residential zone filled with high-rise luxury towers.
    Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 May 2025

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