watchtower

Example Sentences

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It is effectively a watchtower or control tower for all your data.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

A watchtower on a hilltop, still painted in the colours of the Iranian flag, overlooks the base.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

The checkpoint gate is now bolted shut, eyed by armed Israeli guards in a watchtower nearby.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 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

She must get it; she gestures for me to take point, and we don’t speak as we head to the watchtower.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir