fortress

Wall Street Journal reporter Lindsay Ellis chronicles his odyssey trying to penetrate the fortress of today’s no-hire job market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Those who don’t have a job are locked out of the growing economy as if it were a fortress, leaving them puzzled by the headlines of low unemployment and an accelerating GDP.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Parts of the Indian capital, Delhi, have been turned into a fortress, with tens of thousands of security forces deployed, as the influential Gen Z-led "cockroach" movement has called for a major protest on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

They thought they could build a fortress around quarterback Justin Herbert, providing him an airtight pocket to pick apart defenses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

But against Minas Tirith was set another fortress, greater and more strong.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

It’s hard to find better musical evocations of rocky crags, ruined fortresses, or martial joie de combat than Mendelssohn’s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The two studio lots also boast dozens of soundstages; century-old fortresses that would not be easily duplicated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

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

This means researchers simply don't know what is buried in the sites, which are mainly mounds, fortresses, early roadside inns known as caravanserais and canal systems.

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 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