citadel

Example Sentences

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After the pirates had boarded the tanker, the crew sought refuge in a citadel — a safe area on the ship — in line with the onboard anti-piracy emergency protocol.

From Seattle Times

But in the security of their fortified citadel, Myanmar's military believes that brute force, used on an increasingly exhausted population, will eventually cement their regime.

From BBC

Mr. DeSantis called Florida “a refuge of sanity when the world went mad” and “a citadel of freedom for people across the country and indeed across the world.”

From Washington Times

As the track builds around her, from a lone plucked guitar to an electronic citadel, she recognizes her own vulnerability, ponders it and takes the leap anyway.

From New York Times

The boycott was a highly organized, intensely disciplined siege of one of Jim Crow’s citadels, he says.

From Washington Post