citadel

Example Sentences

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Celtic could finish off their stadium and make it a near 80,000 citadel, one of the continent's best, but they haven't done it.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Fifteen people were injured when two trains crashed head-on Tuesday near the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, Peru's top tourist attraction, police and train operators said.

From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025

For years, he threw himself long and hard against Carson’s legendary citadel of privacy and in 2002 got the first interview after Carson’s earthshaking retirement.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2024

During a lull in heavy rain late Friday, a torchbearer lit a cauldron in front of the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple, on the citadel that dominates the Athens skyline and is Greece’s top tourist draw.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024

In his state of fatigue, his thoughts dipped like hummingbirds from this to that, always coming round to the fear—the fear of the citadel and all that had happened in it.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor