as in fortress
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
the island was the pirates' last stronghold in the West Indies
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Recent Examples of stronghold
On a simple day trip from Paris or a full castle-hopping itinerary across the countryside, visitors can explore everything from medieval strongholds that have stood the test of time to the elegant Renaissance châteaux dotted across the Loire Valley.
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Kimberley Lovato, AFAR Media, 4 Feb. 2025
Particularly devastating on rebel strongholds were some 82,000 barrel bombs, 55-gallon drums filled with explosives and dropped from helicopters.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2025
The special election took place in Northeast Minneapolis’ Senate District 60, a Democratic stronghold that DFL Sen. Kari Dziedzic represented for over a decade until her death in December.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2025
Jenin’s refugee camp, founded for Palestinians displaced by the wars surrounding Israel’s establishment in 1948, has emerged as a stronghold for groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
—Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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The Gothic fortress on West 23rd Street was once home to many of the twentieth century’s beautiful and damned—Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Leonard Cohen, Janis Joplin, and Sid Vicious among them.—
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But storybook fortresses aren’t exclusive to mythical kingdoms and romantic tales.—
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Brian Roberts The only mogul left standing fully erect, NBC remains a bastion of anti-Trumpism (Rachel Maddow is back on the air five nights a week!).—
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More importantly, the documentary slyly highlights the hypocrisy now embedded in the DNA of a onetime bastion of rebelliousness becoming more and more mainstream over the years.—
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Dominated by the enormous Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon, and a citadel, which sits along the 2.5-mile-long Avenue of the Dead, the site awed even the Aztecs, who wondered what vanished civilization could have created such a monumental city.—
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On the one hand, the country is an economic citadel, packed with resources and blessed by ocean borders that shield it from invasion while connecting it to global trade.—
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His ideas found broader application solving logistical problems during the Napoleonic Era — for instance, identifying the most efficient way to build fortifications, in order to minimize the costs of transporting materials across Europe.—
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In addition to cannabis oil, this version gets more healthy fortification and great flavor from hulled hemp seeds.—
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The storybook castle was built more than 700 years ago by the knights of Chasteignier de la Roche-Posay.—
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In winter 1524-1525, the peasants were able to capture castles and monasteries without much bloodshed.—
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But after some years, the cesspool got bigger, and our fort got smaller, and eventually the cesspool must have looked inviting.—
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Amid the rapid change in the 800 and 400 free events, now the fans await how long Katie Ledecky will hold her fort in the 1500.—
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“Stronghold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stronghold. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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