stockade

Example Sentences

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Several of those provisions have long been considered nonstarters for Iran, which sees its missile stockade and regional alliances as central to national security.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

In the summer of 2008, Epstein began serving his sentence at the Palm Beach County stockade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Rejecting a First Amendment challenge, the court upheld Private Wilson’s conviction and sentence to four months in the stockade, a bad-conduct discharge, and other penalties.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2025

He talked back to Naval superiors when he served during World War II and got tossed in the stockade.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023

A moan came from the stockade as the free folk saw their hope afire.

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