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
He talked back to Naval superiors when he served during World War II and got tossed in the stockade.
From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023
Crossing the yard, he passed out through the gate in the stockade to face the goddess.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Vocabulary lists containing stockade
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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