watchtower
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"The settlers' attack took place in full view of the Israeli army," Palestinian activist Osama Makhamra told AFP, noting that an Israeli military watchtower stands close to the mosque that was set ablaze.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
It was followed by the watchtower and an electricity pole.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
My explorations took me from a top-down view on the 32nd floor of a luxury hotel to the faded blue upholstered seats of the Las Vegas Monorail to a dilapidated security watchtower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
There’s still a watchtower overlooking everything that we do.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023
After work, she liked to sit in the watchtower that overlooked the lucerne fields.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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But new watchtowers along that border have pushed escapees to unconventional and riskier routes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
But with high fences, watchtowers and armed guards, "there was no way to leave", until he was released with 5,400 other Chinese nationals since the February crackdown.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
Five years later, two men escaped from a maximum-security Wisconsin prison that once held Jeffrey Dahmer, fleeing early one morning when four of the facility’s five watchtowers were unmanned.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
Authorities have further tightened security around the prison, which already has armed guards in watchtowers, by erecting barriers and blocking roads to keep people away.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2023
It looked just like the illustrations Annabeth had seen in military history books—with a defensive trench lined with spikes, high walls, and watchtowers armed with scorpion ballistae.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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