watchtower
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It is effectively a watchtower or control tower for all your data.
From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026
His career paths are hunter, forager or watchtower guard, but he seems more like the product of a progressive Montessori school, even with his dad urging him to cackle at shredded deer intestines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2025
It was followed by the watchtower and an electricity pole.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
“We are scared,” he said, looking up at the watchtower.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
“Dex took an auxiliary company off the north watchtower and into the East Branch tunnel. You think they’ll catch him?”
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
But new watchtowers along that border have pushed escapees to unconventional and riskier routes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
But with high fences, watchtowers and armed guards, "there was no way to leave", until he was released with 5,400 other Chinese nationals since the February crackdown.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
They stayed for years in those camps, treated more as unwanted refugees in France than former soldiers, surrounded by barbed wire and watchtowers, while the French government organized their relocations across the country.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
But in a video released by the Russian human rights group Gulagu, the former Wagner commander recalls sneaking past those watchtowers.
From BBC ● Jan. 17, 2023
“When the Young Dragon conquered Dome, he used a goat track to bypass the Domish watchtowers on the Boneway.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
