fortress
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"A museum cannot be a fortress," Hollein says.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
From the street, it looks like a two-story fortress under construction, guarded by a crash-damaged chain link fence and a row of yellow-orange Caltrans barricades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
Arteta has made a point of trying to unlock the atmosphere inside Emirates Stadium as he tries to create a fortress for away teams to fear.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The concern isn’t about tech heavyweights—Meta, Microsoft, Google—with fortress balance sheets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Standing high on a hill, the fortress alone was big enough to hold several Caer Dallbens.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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
Begun in the 15th century, the 25,000-mile network undulated over the Andes and west coast of South America, replete with stone paths, rope bridges, staircases, fortresses, inns and warehouses to serve relays of royal runners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
Priests carried tabots into one of the fortresses in Gondar, where they will be kept until the end of the festivities.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2024
Our ancestors and those who were considered wise used to say that it was necessary to hold Pistoia by factions and Pisa by fortresses.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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