Fort Knox

Example Sentences

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“Actually getting in there, it was like getting into Fort Knox, quite frankly,” said Steve Brass, a recent inductee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

A working gold toilet seems a much better use of bullion than, say, making it into bars and then just having it sit, useless, in vaults in Fort Knox.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 1, 2025

Andrew Friedman realized this when he emptied Fort Knox during the offseason.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2025

"Somehow, it's more opaque than America's gold in Fort Knox."

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

The scientists on the Collection Committee set out to create the Fort Knox of pure, uncontaminated cell culture.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot