turret
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He has a turret phone system that allows him to have multiple open phone lines, and it’s not uncommon for Paci to juggle three sets at once.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
Ms. Koons uses movement sparingly, in moments such as the arrival of the Stranger and Thorn Rose’s climb to the turret.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
Traitors are often awake until the wee hours filming turret scenes.
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2026
"You're lying to people you like…staying up late in the turret... we had less sleep than anyone else."
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
Fargo Hall, close to a century old, had stone gargoyles and carved human heads on every turret and ledge.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
During World War II, the DuPont company turned its scientific and manufacturing capacity to national service, producing munitions, nylon parachutes, Lucite airplane turrets, and many other products for the war effort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Inspired by cinema setpieces and centuries-old European cottages, architects designed playful homes with turrets and gables on the outside and nooks and crannies on the inside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2025
Students at Stadium can study tucked away in actual castle turrets, the light filtering through windows tinted by stained-glass panels crafted by former students.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024
From the local parks, with their carefully plotted plantings and neatly clipped trees, to the turrets and spires and bridges along the Seine, Paris certainly can be inspiring.
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
They wandered through the spires and turrets of Luna Park, rode more rides, gobbled peanuts, and guzzled more Cokes.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Vocabulary lists containing turret
Built To Last: Architectural Parlance
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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