redoubt
Example Sentences
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That battle resulted in SDF fighters leaving Aleppo, abandoning a small redoubt in one of Syria’s largest cities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
In the words of Gulf scholar Paul Rich, this was "the Indian Empire's last redoubt, just as Goa was Portuguese India's last solitary vestige, or Pondicherry was the tag-end of French India".
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2025
Washington state could become its own time island, a sort of chronological redoubt.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2023
These days, his Beverly Hills redoubt is in disrepair, while an expired Russian passport and fear of possible arrest prevent him from traveling internationally.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2023
He could continue to sleep in the birch, where, if not completely protected, he had the advantage of a high redoubt, the upper hand in case of a conflict.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
