citadel
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She is the princess, and this is the castle she’ll be locked in, an indomitable beast of a citadel fittingly titled the Tower Hotel.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
It is a literal citadel with a natural, crystal-blue moat surrounding it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Closer to the border, the citadel in the village of Shamaa was also partly destroyed by the Israeli military.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
Celtic could finish off their stadium and make it a near 80,000 citadel, one of the continent's best, but they haven't done it.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Scattered toys and battered boots and everything so different than it was in the citadel.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
Wakanda: With a wave of his hand, he’ll evoke lush jungles and shimmering citadels as the film “Black Panther” screens overhead.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2023
Public buildings such as bathhouses were quite large, as were the protective city walls and citadels.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Lebanon has five other sites on UNESCO's World Heritage list, most of them citadels and ancient temples.
From Reuters ● Feb. 5, 2023
I think the retreat from the Lost Cause has also meant a kind of raising of new citadels around the idea of the nation.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2021
Now a few affluent evangelicals are directing their attention and money at some of the tallest citadels of the secular elite: Ivy League universities.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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