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These communities often constructed fortified sites, and strategically located settlements controlling surrounding territories.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

The plants, constructed in fortified bunkers and protected from drone attack by huge steel cages, are each capable of providing electricity and heat to several hundred of the city's high-rise apartment blocks.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Iodized table salt is mined from underground deposits, processed to remove other minerals and fortified with iodine, which is important for thyroid health and proper hormone production.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

“If you need to destroy a bridge or any fortified facility, you can’t use a drone,” said Mikhail Kokorich, chief executive of Destinus, a Netherlands-based defense company whose drone and missiles are used by Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Meantime the Trojan camp, fortified only by earthworks and deprived of its leader and its best warriors, was hard-pressed.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton