citadel

For 15 years, the former Communist official shaped the capital in his image, ordering it to be rebuilt as a marble citadel complete with a towering gold statue of himself.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

Lamberth called Strike 3 a “copyright troll” and threw out its lawsuit against an unidentified internet user for having treated his court “not as a citadel of justice, but as an ATM.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026

But nowadays, at the citadel, faces shown on panels about the city's history have been painted black.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

The crew locked themselves inside a fortified citadel while the attackers took control of the ship.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025

The citadel in the sky had seemed alive, too.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

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

From Reuters ● Feb. 5, 2023

As they moved southward along the continent’s coast, they established citadels on land leased from local rulers, like the fortress of Elmina, located on the coast of present-day Ghana.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

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

The clashes turned what had been sanctuaries for the students at the core of the movement into scenes that evoked medieval citadels under siege.

From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2019

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