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castle

[kas-uhl, kah-suhl] / ˈkæs əl, ˈkɑ səl /


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If bloodsuckers are your fear, you’d be better off in a dank castle in Transylvania.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

A lush cactus garden is bordered by Elysian Park, completing Fisher’s vision of the castle in the woods, but done in Southern California’s vernacular.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The Jaecoo 7, pitched to suburbia as an adventure-ready SUV, was launched in January 2025 in the ballroom of a fancy hotel off Windsor Great Park, near King Charles III’s historic castle west of London.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Usually the younger celebs in the castle tend to know fewer people, but Bella Ramsey is pretty well connected.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Andre punches the information into his phone and guides us to a building that looks like a shrunken medieval castle.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Two medieval castles face each other—one on each side of the river that separates Estonia from Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The list also includes five castles in south Lebanon's Jabal Amel area, among them the Crusader-era Beaufort fortress, which Israeli forces captured in May.

From Barron's ● Aug. 29, 2026

No, that’s not me building castles in the sky.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

I’m back from a quick trip to Slovenia with my daughter and am mentally still in that fairytale Alps land of castles and gobsmacking lake views.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“You know, before I found out about teenage spies and castles with hidden rooms.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

When the pacey Tongue castled Tom Blundell, New Zealand were in danger of being dismissed before the close.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Black’s Modern Defense succeeds in producing the unbalanced position Sevian needed, and Black throws his pieces at the castled White king with abandon.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 26, 2022

As “Cleanness” moves forward, as if in a game of chess, positions are castled.

From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2020

Slowly things seemed to be turning Carlsen’s way; the kings were castled on opposite sides of the board, which often means each player will be racing to attack the other’s king.

From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2018

As it turned out, the old man never castled.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

Bh4 Bd7!? and a new plan — castling queenside — that quickly led to sharp, complex play.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2022

She saved the best for last, castling Kate Cross with another beauty: full and turning just enough to beat the edge as the batter aimed a shot through the leg side.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2022

He played aggressively in the opening, eschewing a chance to trade queens early on and also not castling his king, which is the usual method to keep it safe.

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021

Broad hoops an inswinging yorker at Smith, nearly castling him.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2019

In castling, the King moves sideways to the next square but one, and the Rook to which the King is moved is placed on the square which the King has skipped over.

From Chess Strategy by J. Du Mont


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