castle
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"Whilst this year's September festival could be the best yet... rising costs mean that this could be the last one in the current format unless we see more people through the castle gates," it said.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Hundreds of volunteers in Japan pulled a castle back to its original position.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have bought an Irish castle and are "excited" about the historic home, a spokesman for the businessman said in a statement Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
She is the princess, and this is the castle she’ll be locked in, an indomitable beast of a citadel fittingly titled the Tower Hotel.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
I needed to get to Opal in the castle, but in my way there were guards and spears and arrows and a stone wall and possibly more of that beyond the wall.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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The list also includes five castles in south Lebanon's Jabal Amel area, among them the Crusader-era Beaufort fortress, which Israeli forces captured in May.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Overlooking the River Blackwater, the main house was designed by architects James and George Richard Pain, who also worked on other Irish castles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
The church’s fanciful, conical towers have drawn comparison to Disney castles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
His mum, Gemma McConnell, said he had the time of his life enjoying lemonade and cake and playing in the bouncy castles in his own superhero outfit.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
Like suddenly, instead of being made of baseball and castles and superheroes and Jack-ness, he was made of something scratchy and thick.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
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Moondra castled Samson with his first ball in international cricket, while Hollard took two balls to induce Kishan into skying a chance.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
In the fifth game, Nepo as White hits on the unusual strategy of launching a pawn storm right in front of his castled king.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 18, 2023
As “Cleanness” moves forward, as if in a game of chess, positions are castled.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2020
Slowly things seemed to be turning Carlsen’s way; the kings were castled on opposite sides of the board, which often means each player will be racing to attack the other’s king.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2018
As it turned out, the old man never castled.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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Kosteniuk as White allows her queenside to be busted up and renounces castling in exchange for the bishop pair and a half-open b-file, but neither works to her advantage in the ensuring play.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
She saved the best for last, castling Kate Cross with another beauty: full and turning just enough to beat the edge as the batter aimed a shot through the leg side.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2022
In his new book, “Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020,” Rushdie attempts to perform a defensive castling move.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2021
Anatoly Karpov, the former world champion, was captured on video castling queen's side illegally, moving the rook before the king.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 22, 2013
Bringing out the Knight is good play; you not only threaten to win his Bishop, but you afford yourself an opportunity of castling whenever it may be needful.
From The Blue Book of Chess Teaching the Rudiments of the Game, and Giving an Analysis of All the Recognized Openings by Howard Staunton
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