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citadel

[sit-uh-dl, -uh-del] / ˈsɪt ə dl, -əˌdɛl /


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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

Fifteen people were injured when two trains crashed head-on Tuesday near the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, Peru's top tourist attraction, police and train operators said.

From Barron's Dec. 30, 2025

The crew locked themselves inside a fortified citadel while the attackers took control of the ship.

From BBC Nov. 7, 2025

That was what Sparrow told herself that afternoon in the citadel.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Lebanon has five other sites on UNESCO's World Heritage list, most of them citadels and ancient temples.

From Reuters Feb. 5, 2023

As they moved southward along the continent’s coast, they established citadels on land leased from local rulers, like the fortress of Elmina, located on the coast of present-day Ghana.

From Textbooks Dec. 14, 2022

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

Ralph Peters, described cities of today as “the post-modern equivalent of jungles and mountains — citadels of the dispossessed and irreconcilable.”

From Washington Post Jun. 4, 2020

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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