stockade

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Several of those provisions have long been considered nonstarters for Iran, which sees its missile stockade and regional alliances as central to national security.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

In the summer of 2008, Epstein began serving his sentence at the Palm Beach County stockade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Most of us do not want to see an ex-president pilloried or put in the stockade, literally or metaphorically.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2024

While in Palm Beach sheriff’s custody, Epstein was allowed to stay in an isolated cell at the county’s minimum-security stockade, where he roamed freely and watched television.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

A moan came from the stockade as the free folk saw their hope afire.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin