castle
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Tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have bought an Irish castle and are "excited" about the historic home, a spokesman for the businessman said in a statement Thursday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
She is the princess, and this is the castle she’ll be locked in, an indomitable beast of a citadel fittingly titled the Tower Hotel.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
It is not only castle lakes that have been affected by the hot weather.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
“They focus on the castle that’s right in front of them and forget that it’s going to come around again.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The ride to Malevolent’s castle combined at least three of Jack’s top ten least favorite things.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
Overlooking the River Blackwater, the main house was designed by architects James and George Richard Pain, who also worked on other Irish castles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Forests, he reasoned, don’t uproot and storm castles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Among her creations are scale replicas of venues and buildings ranging from the Barrowland Ballroom and other famous Glasgow music venues to coastal cafes, historic castles and cottages.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
No, that’s not me building castles in the sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026
Every shelf in his office boasted pictures of his kids: building sand castles at the beach, swinging baseball bats, waving from sailboats.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
The needless run-out of Stoinis for 40 all but confirmed the outcome and there were two further run-outs before Madhwal castled Mohsin Khan to seal an emphatic success midway through the 17th over.
From BBC ● May 24, 2023
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
Already under some pressure, Black goes wrong by castling into an attack before his center is fully secured: 9.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 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
In his new book, “Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020,” Rushdie attempts to perform a defensive castling move.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2021
Broad hoops an inswinging yorker at Smith, nearly castling him.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2019
I am the beggar Christ— Christ that calmed the castling flood!
From The Mountainy Singer by Seosamh MacCathmhaoil
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