rampart
Example Sentences
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That same year, with his painstaking production of The Beach Boys’ blockbuster single “Good Vibrations,” Wilson seemed poised to explore even greater musical ramparts.
From Salon
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
“We wanted to be outsiders on the ramparts picking off the big shots,” Carter writes.
From Los Angeles Times
Anyone who hopes to preserve the sanctity of the civil-military ideal would do well to circle the wagons of law and constitutionalism and man the ramparts of institutional self-preservation.
From Salon
“Most of the people I know are actively deciding whether to go the ramparts or go to the bunker.”
From Los Angeles Times
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