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citadel

[sit-uh-dl, -uh-del] / ˈsɪt ə dl, -əˌdɛl /


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She is the princess, and this is the castle she’ll be locked in, an indomitable beast of a citadel fittingly titled the Tower Hotel.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

It is a literal citadel with a natural, crystal-blue moat surrounding it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Closer to the border, the citadel in the village of Shamaa was also partly destroyed by the Israeli military.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

Peru is home to many of the Americas' most significant archaeological discoveries, including the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu in the Andes and the mysterious Nazca Lines etched into the desert along the central coast.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025

She said coolly, “When it comes to the defense of the citadel and our five lives...yes, you are.”

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Public buildings such as bathhouses were quite large, as were the protective city walls and citadels.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Lebanon has five other sites on UNESCO's World Heritage list, most of them citadels and ancient temples.

From Reuters ● Feb. 5, 2023

I think the retreat from the Lost Cause has also meant a kind of raising of new citadels around the idea of the nation.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2021

Ralph Peters, described cities of today as “the post-modern equivalent of jungles and mountains — citadels of the dispossessed and irreconcilable.”

From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2020

Now a few affluent evangelicals are directing their attention and money at some of the tallest citadels of the secular elite: Ivy League universities.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times




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