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fort

[fawrt, fohrt] / fɔrt, foʊrt /


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Chase proves more clever in turning Maya’s harmless couch fort into a claustrophobic labyrinth.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

One couple spent $1.3 million and the better part of a decade turning a 200-year-old fort on England’s coast into their seaside vacation home.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

Flushed and sweating, 31-year-old Annisa Enggracia Fidel runs back and forth to defend her fort from invaders -- hundreds of fellow adults all beating the blues by playing a nostalgic Indonesian children's game.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

From a tactical standpoint, the fort is unlikely to deter Hezbollah’s new crop of attack drones, which rely on fiber-optic cables and are impervious to jamming.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

Master Percy says we will build a fort at Point Comfort, about thirty miles downriver from James Town, near where the river meets the Chesapeake Bay.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

“We’re still building forts, we’re just doing it at a large scale,” Josh said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

Even if the country was never home to the coastal forts from which the trafficking of African people was organised, many enslaved people passed through it on the way to the New World.

From Barron's Feb. 20, 2026

The region included extensive networks of forts, roads, and towns linked to the wider Roman Empire, facilitating movement across Europe, north Africa, and beyond.

From Science Daily Jan. 25, 2026

Most of the known Roman remains in Wales are from military camps and forts, while grandiose estates like this are less commonly found.

From BBC Jan. 11, 2026

They’d been best friends from an early age, spending hours together building forts out of cushions and blankets in their Annandale living room.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer




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