fort
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In Welshpool, Powys, cropmarks of a rectangular Neolithic long barrow has been seen that dates back around 5,000 years, while in Conwy new details have been collected of buried Roman buildings at Caerhun Roman fort.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Flushed and sweating, 31-year-old Annisa Enggracia Fidel runs back and forth to defend her fort from invaders -- hundreds of fellow adults all beating the blues by playing a nostalgic Indonesian children's game.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Despite those staggering volumes, Ukraine holds the fort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
The Sri Lankan navy ferried the survivors to nearby Galle, famous for its 16th-century Dutch fort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Ainyr didn’t leave the fort the whole time I was there.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
The monuments are of all types, including prehistoric burial mounds, Roman forts, early Christian carved stones and industrial mills.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
“We’re still building forts, we’re just doing it at a large scale,” Josh said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
Even if the country was never home to the coastal forts from which the trafficking of African people was organised, many enslaved people passed through it on the way to the New World.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Stretching east to west from the North Sea to the Irish Sea, Hadrian's Wall featured a series of forts and towers placed at regular intervals.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
I think of my sister, who understands that cardboard forts can become all too real, and I think of the captain, who has tormented me yet has trained me for this moment.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
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