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as in fortress
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
the implacable attackers placed the castle under a prolonged siege
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as in mansion
a large impressive residence
the mining tycoon built a magnificent castle on the hill overlooking the town
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Recent Examples of castle
But Kelce’s low-key, just-Donna strategy in a castle full of prima donnas worked against her.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 9 Jan. 2026
Despite appearances, neither host Alan Cumming nor his contestants actually stay in the castle where the show's filming takes place.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 8 Jan. 2026
The castle dates to the late 1700s, according to the castle's website, with Scottish royalty owning it over the years.
—Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Vogüé makes the cut for good reason, with ancient cobblestone streets, a medieval castle, and limestone cliffs that seem to shoot straight out of the water.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 8 Jan. 2026
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The fortress of intellectual property This is why the Warner bid is essential, Shapiro said, repeating one of his recent theories about the coming wave of disruption in media.—
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Walk in around the massive fortress with its cannons and tunnels.—
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Conceived as a modern tropical mansion visible to drivers crossing the causeway that connects Miami Beach to Miami, the house stood out for its tall columns flanked by nearly transparent white curtains from ceiling to floor, opening panoramically to the pool and Biscayne Bay.—
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The architect was Nathaniel Goodfall, who was also the architect of the governor’s mansion.—
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McDonald said DeSantis also could be trying to shore up Republican strongholds to mitigate the losses generally experienced by the party in power during midterm elections.—
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Campbell’s main support always came from the union stronghold of Pueblo, in southern Colorado.—
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The vacation spot, which is on the grounds of a 17th-century manor, is available for a minimum of two nights starting from £360, or about $470.—
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The tragic death of the Sepulveda family patriarch calls his descendants back to Villa Sepulveda, a Spanish colonial manor in a coconut plantation; but a landslide traps the guests inside, transforming the funeral plans into a supernatural reckoning of sins.—
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The area was once a citadel complex in the time of King Herod, who ruled from 37 to 5 B.C. after he was appointed king of Judea by the Romans.—
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The sprawling citadel — complete with towers, walls and barracks — was discovered at the Tel el-Kharouba archaeological site in the Sinai Peninsula, according to an Oct. 11 news release from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.—
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The gringos are coming, and Latour must shore up the diocese, trekking between isolated haciendas and pueblos with his quasi-spousal companion Father Vaillant.—
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Dating back to the 1800s, Rancho Temescal offers a hacienda-style main home and seven separate residences for staff, plus an equestrian complex with an 18-stall barn, two arenas, 20 paddocks, and pastures.—
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In September 2023, in the middle of the Northumberland night, a mechanic named Adam Carruthers cut down a sycamore tree more than a century old that stood in a gap along an especially picturesque section of Hadrian’s Wall, the Roman fortification that runs across the narrowest part of England.—
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Passmore’s magisterial, revisionist account of the Maginot Line—the network of French fortifications built in the 1920s and 1930s to stop a German invasion—challenges the conventional understanding of its role in World War II.—
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The Prince and Princess of Wales still use KP as their London home, and on two separate instances over the holidays, a man broke onto the grounds of the palace carrying a heavy rucksack.—
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Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were grabbed from their presidential palace in Caracas, the South American country’s capital, during a precision military operation.—
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“Castle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castle. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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