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fort

[fawrt, fohrt] / fɔrt, foʊrt /


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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

From a tactical standpoint, the fort is unlikely to deter Hezbollah’s new crop of attack drones, which rely on fiber-optic cables and are impervious to jamming.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

Would O'Neill, Desmond wondered, hold the fort for a few weeks while Celtic got their ducks in a row with a permanent successor.

From BBC May 23, 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

He tugged me to a sort of fort he’d made with an old patchy quilt tied to his and Karim’s bunk bed.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

“We’re still building forts, we’re just doing it at a large scale,” Josh said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 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

By contrast, Mr. Kara provides more information about the captives’ journeys from Africa’s interior to its western coast, where European traders had constructed massive stone castles and forts.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 7, 2025

Anti-landing spikes positioned along Kinmen's shores and old military forts facing China are grim reminders of the archipelago's past battles.

From Barron's Nov. 11, 2025

Three outer islands bear low stone forts; a green lantern glows on the tip of a jetty.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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