fortified

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In the age of the transfer portal, top teams across college basketball have fortified their rosters with imports—but May, 49, took it to another level.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

“Government officials live on military bases or other sorts of fortified zones in authoritarian regimes.”

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Just over 100 people forced to leave their homes gathered from dawn on Monday at a WFP distribution site in Paktia province, on Afghanistan's eastern border, to receive fortified biscuits, an AFP photographer said.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

The animal came from Arkaim, a fortified settlement in the Southern Ural Mountains of present day Russia near the border with Kazakhstan.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026

Hunters whose courage was thus fortified were bound to be more successful when slaying these formidable beasts with their primitive weapons.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson