fortress
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Now, of course, that’s a ridiculous premise because it suggests that people only come to the president, he never goes anywhere else, that he should be sequestered in this fortress.
From Slate • May 4, 2026
"It's knockout football and we go into it with confidence. You see the supporters get into the stadium early and Selhurst was rocking tonight and we can make it a fortress."
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Masala, the analyst, said that Narva today resembled a "fortress."
From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026
One worry about how defensible Netflix’s fortress is comes from how fast it got here.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
Through the tunnels of that island fortress came wind of a horror too great to speak aloud—a whispered litany that would take years to be fully disclosed to the world, and especially to me.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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