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castle

[kas-uhl, kah-suhl] / ˈkæs əl, ˈkɑ səl /


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It is a warrior ethos that we see here come under question as Murashige and his castle look increasingly boxed in by the attacking warlord.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

The Europeans made plans to meet again, this time on Feb. 12, in a Belgian castle built by the Knights Templar, for a discussion Costa slated under “a new geoeconomic context.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Earlier this week, Trump was still talking about the castle, describing it as the "longest building I've ever seen".

From Barron's Jul. 7, 2026

One team, the Uppies, try to take the ball towards the town's castle while the Doonies attempt to carry it towards the Jedwater.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

Everything in the Siren’s Cove looked like it could have belonged to an old fairy-tale castle, including the dragon-headed door handles.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

When he was in his 20s, the Welsh actor Matthew Rhys spent a night at one of the most haunted castles in his home country.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 2026

No, that’s not me building castles in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2026

When gunpowder arrived and the emerging nation-states rendered obsolete the old art of war dominated by feudal lords entrenched in their castles.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 18, 2026

AI is essential for the popular romantasy genre where fantastical elements, from medieval castles to werewolves and fairies are common.

From BBC Feb. 27, 2026

Anguish of Ireland had once dreamed of a wind which blew down all their castles and towns—and this one was conspiring to do it It was blowing round Benwick Castle on all the organ stops.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Leach got Saim Ayub to pat to mid-wicket and Atkinson castled Khuram Ghulam with one that kept low.

From BBC Oct. 24, 2024

Black’s Modern Defense succeeds in producing the unbalanced position Sevian needed, and Black throws his pieces at the castled White king with abandon.

From Washington Times Apr. 26, 2022

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

He played aggressively in the opening, eschewing a chance to trade queens early on and also not castling his king, which is the usual method to keep it safe.

From New York Times Dec. 6, 2021

Anatoly Karpov, the former world champion, was captured on video castling queen's side illegally, moving the rook before the king.

From The Guardian Feb. 22, 2013

Black should retain the option of castling QR, in case White exchanges at his KB6; P-QKt3 and B-Kt2 would have been better.

From Chess Strategy by Du Mont, J.




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