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fortress

noun as in stronghold

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But the fortress, visible from Brooklyn, Queens and even lower Manhattan, if you look just right, will remain long after he retires.

Three generations of Murdaugh men constructed a fortress of political influence as state circuit solicitors, granting them a level of power that allowed them to evade numerous criminal allegations.

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I love that simile because she did refer to her wardrobe as an “impenetrable fortress.”

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“I don’t want Californians ignored by the national government because all the districts are fortresses for one party or the other.”

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Fifth Third on Monday said that it expects after the deal to have the top retail deposit franchise in Michigan, where Comerica began in the 1840s, and to solidify its “fortress” position across the Midwest.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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