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Browns Canyon Dynamic granite walls stretch above the Arkansas River like a castle’s watchtowers: Both paddlers and anglers alike gawk skyward in appreciation of the geological glory of Browns Canyon.
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Morgan Tilton, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
It was built in the 17th century by the khan of Khiva and is surrounded by fortified walls and watchtowers.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
The facility is surrounded by electrified fences, 19 watchtowers, and patrolled by 1,000 armed guards, police, and soldiers.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
The prison is also ringed by multiple electric fences and 19 watchtowers.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
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Morgan Tilton, Denver Post, 8 June 2025
It was built in the 17th century by the khan of Khiva and is surrounded by fortified walls and watchtowers.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025
The facility is surrounded by electrified fences, 19 watchtowers, and patrolled by 1,000 armed guards, police, and soldiers.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
The prison is also ringed by multiple electric fences and 19 watchtowers.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watchtower
tower
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With its own helicopter pad on the top of the 38-story tower, the Rolls-Royce showroom and Houston's only Bugatti dealership on the ground floor, you will be immersed in luxury from head to toe.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In downtown Bellevue alone, Microsoft vacated about 1.9 million square feet of office space, leaving all but a couple of floors in one office tower.—
Seattle Times,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Watchtower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watchtower. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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