watchtower

"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

Suddenly the lines about needing a hermit in the woods as much as a preacher in the pulpit came so much more alive from the endless horizon atop a watchtower.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2026

It was followed by the watchtower and an electricity pole.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024

There’s still a watchtower overlooking everything that we do.

From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023

We reach the watchtower, and the sentries stationed there turn and walk away, as if following a silent order.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

The property has been reported to feature a Portuguese Colonial-style villa with a large party room, along with watchtowers and 12 cannons that give the retreat a decidedly fortresslike appearance.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

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

They stayed for years in those camps, treated more as unwanted refugees in France than former soldiers, surrounded by barbed wire and watchtowers, while the French government organized their relocations across the country.

From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2023

I never learned any prayers, so I wander away into the fields, beyond the gates and watchtowers, as far from the barracks and bodies as my atrophied muscles will carry me.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper