castle
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While some of the celebrities have known each other for 30 years, others have no friends in the castle at all.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
As host of ‘The Traitors,’ Cumming loves to dress up and play lord of the castle, but in Russell T Davies’ limited series, his latest dramatic role, he aims to shake people up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Of course, Cumming is still happy to put on a glittery outfit, amp up his Scottish accent and pretend to be the lord of the castle on “The Traitors.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Fashion is likely to be another talking point in the castle.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It wasn't a castle, of course, just a simple country inn.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
The list also includes five castles in south Lebanon's Jabal Amel area, among them the Crusader-era Beaufort fortress, which Israeli forces captured in May.
From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026
Overlooking the River Blackwater, the main house was designed by architects James and George Richard Pain, who also worked on other Irish castles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
The church’s fanciful, conical towers have drawn comparison to Disney castles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Forests, he reasoned, don’t uproot and storm castles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Squirrels prepared their winter hoard; ants labored in their earthen castles.
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
She bowled the 17-year-old with just the fourth delivery of the match, taking advantage of Verma's propensity to step to one side, and castled her with a full length delivery.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2021
We pick up this Berlin Ruy Lopez from today’s diagram, where Black has just castled long.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2020
As “Cleanness” moves forward, as if in a game of chess, positions are castled.
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2020
Slowly things seemed to be turning Carlsen’s way; the kings were castled on opposite sides of the board, which often means each player will be racing to attack the other’s king.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2018
As it turned out, the old man never castled.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
Kosteniuk as White allows her queenside to be busted up and renounces castling in exchange for the bishop pair and a half-open b-file, but neither works to her advantage in the ensuring play.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
She saved the best for last, castling Kate Cross with another beauty: full and turning just enough to beat the edge as the batter aimed a shot through the leg side.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2022
In his new book, “Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020,” Rushdie attempts to perform a defensive castling move.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2021
Broad hoops an inswinging yorker at Smith, nearly castling him.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2019
The game is almost lost for Black at this stage, as the King cannot escape the impending attack on the K file by castling.
From Chess Strategy by J. Du Mont
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