fort

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Because his father was born in Brooklyn and later lived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Ryerson was eligible to play for either Norway or the U.S., which has missed just one World Cup since 1990.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Then he got in another brawl, was imprisoned in Fort St. Angelo, escaped, and was formally expelled by the Order—the recorded language is “like a rotten and fetid limb.”

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

This is just the beginning of the data center revolution in Hood County, a rural community of 62,000 people about an hour southwest of Fort Worth.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Called Fort, it is a shed-like bunker with fire-proof doors and materials built to hold up to eight people and valuables with breathable air for four hours.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

At the site of what is today Terre Haute, Indiana, the soldiers constructed Fort Harrison on Shawnee land.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz