fortress

Cage plays Roy, a gifted con artist with obsessive-compulsive disorder whose tics, phobias and elaborate rituals have turned his immaculate home into a fortress against the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

To get a sense of the topography, walk 10 minutes from the center of town up to the Citadelle, a fortress where peacocks roam and you’ll have panoramic views over the Gulf of St. Tropez.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026

"Today the fortress does not have gates. It's a digital fortress, and it will be safer than ever before," he told Gibraltar television station GBC, adding police would boost patrols of the frontier.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Held each year on 14 July, the national holiday marks the storming of the Bastille fortress in 1789, a key event from the French Revolution.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

But it reminded her of the fortress in Jack’s sketchbook, of the place where no one could ever find him.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

Two medieval fortresses face each other across the Narva River separating Estonia from Russia on Europe's eastern edge.

From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026

Begun in the 15th century, the 25,000-mile network undulated over the Andes and west coast of South America, replete with stone paths, rope bridges, staircases, fortresses, inns and warehouses to serve relays of royal runners.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025

To love a Scorpio, then, is to fiercely protect their softness with the same shadowy ardor that they use to construct their inner adamantine fortresses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024

Saturday's main event took place after pre-sunrise rituals, and hundreds of youngsters used the pool in front of one of Gondar's fortresses to get baptised.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2024

Nevertheless, in our own times Messer Niccolò Vitelli was seen to demolish two fortresses in Citta del Castello in order to hold that state.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli