rampart

Example Sentences

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Mr Ambekar says that portions of an earthen rampart believed to have been built by the region's first settlers exists even today.

From BBC • May 5, 2025

And the overwhelming suspicion was that he was looking for a rampart to which he could retreat in the event of outright civilisational collapse.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2018

“If this wall breaks, there’s simply no holding back the Java Sea,” said Brinkman, gesturing from the rampart toward the city.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2017

It demolished a dusty rampart along the border with Syria in an act supposedly symbolizing the smashing of colonial boundaries.

From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2016

The rampart had to be at least fifty feet up.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley