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castle

[kas-uhl, kah-suhl] / ˈkæs əl, ˈkɑ səl /


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The Jaecoo 7, pitched to suburbia as an adventure-ready SUV, was launched in January 2025 in the ballroom of a fancy hotel off Windsor Great Park, near King Charles III’s historic castle west of London.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

While some of the celebrities have known each other for 30 years, others have no friends in the castle at all.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

They considered locations across Europe, before deciding on Scotland after Savannah saw photographs of a castle wedding online.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Of course, Cumming is still happy to put on a glittery outfit, amp up his Scottish accent and pretend to be the lord of the castle on “The Traitors.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The imp snapped its fingers, and suddenly Jack was hanging in midair outside the castle, a few feet from the barred window and hundreds of feet above the ocean below.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Two medieval castles face each other—one on each side of the river that separates Estonia from Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

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

Big grey elephants were not uncommon either—huge beasts with castles on their backs.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Leach got Saim Ayub to pat to mid-wicket and Atkinson castled Khuram Ghulam with one that kept low.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2024

Despite the stakes and the opponent, Lee does not appear intimidated — she sacrifices a pawn as Black on Move 4 and forces Krush to weather a nasty-looking kingside pawn storm of her castled king.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 28, 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

It looks at first as if Nepo will have trouble finding a place for his king, but it turns out to be perfectly safe after castling long.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 11, 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

He played aggressively in the opening, eschewing a chance to trade queens early on and also not castling his king, which is the usual method to keep it safe.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 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

If the Rook is moved first, and unless the King is played almost simultaneously, a doubt might arise whether castling or a Rook's move only was intended.

From Chess Strategy by J. Du Mont




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