as in stronghold
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
a massive stone redoubt at the entrance of the bay guarded the city
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Recent Examples of redoubt
Elsewhere, this could only be a scene of sensory overload, but its eye-of-the-storm geography made the Bowl a kind of redoubt, cool and dark and almost hushed under the purple sky.
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Michael Owen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
Soldiers and marines cleared the Taliban from longtime redoubts and improved security conditions, albeit while sustaining considerable losses.
—Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2021
The chemical precursors instead found their way to Myanmar, and Chinese lab technicians taught locals how to craft crystal methamphetamine, also known as ice, in jungle redoubts.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Walls and towers made of stone and rammed earth rose from strategic ridge lines, making a formidable redoubt.
—Byandrew Lawler, science.org, 23 Oct. 2024
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Michael Owen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
Soldiers and marines cleared the Taliban from longtime redoubts and improved security conditions, albeit while sustaining considerable losses.
—Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2021
The chemical precursors instead found their way to Myanmar, and Chinese lab technicians taught locals how to craft crystal methamphetamine, also known as ice, in jungle redoubts.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Walls and towers made of stone and rammed earth rose from strategic ridge lines, making a formidable redoubt.
—Byandrew Lawler, science.org, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for redoubt
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Even before Trump's tariff salvo, European officials had been debating potential imposition of digital services taxes aimed at large U.S. tech firms, many of which are based in or politically aligned with Republican strongholds such as Texas and Florida.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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However, the company has been strategically expanding beyond its rom-com stronghold.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2025
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Back in the fortress, the Man of Steel scolds Krypto for wrecking the joint while he was gone.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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The tower’s slender triangles look diaphanous from a distance, but from the sidewalk the building resembles a fortress, with a 186-foot concrete-and-steel base safeguarding the 94 stories above from bombings.—
David W. Dunlap,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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In recent years, Gov. Ron DeSantis has helped install political allies at the helm of public colleges and universities in an effort to remake Florida’ higher-education into a bastion of conservatism.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2025
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In Singapore, an ultra-connected free trade bastion known for treading a cautious diplomatic line, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong pulled few punches in a message to his fellow citizens over the weekend.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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The Broader Impact of Nutrition Funding Cuts In addition to treatment programs, nutrition funding cuts have hit essential prevention programs— breastfeeding promotion, food fortification, school feeding, agriculture, and social protection.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland have very visibly laid down new fortifications to trip up advancing tanks.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
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Archaeologists believe the Incan citadel was built in the 1420s and abandoned sometime in the mid 1500s, around the time Spanish conquistadors invaded the Inca Empire.—
Hannah Edgar,
ARTnews.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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Its objective was not to retreat from the citadels of governance but to place them under siege.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
The New Yorker,
19 Feb. 2025
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During that 20-year period, the British inherited Spanish forts and added a network of seven redoubts—long, earthen mounds—to beef up defenses.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
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Courtesy of Visit Malta Explore Valletta’s harbor, cathedral, and forts The European Union’s smallest capital, Valletta, does big movie-making business.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
21 Mar. 2025
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These caterpillars are kings of the tiniest castles ever identified.—
Becky Ferreira,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Without major renovations, the castle is heading for ruin, Reckert says.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Redoubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/redoubt. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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