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fort

[fawrt, fohrt] / fɔrt, foʊrt /


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Two years before System de Min was incorporated, Dover Citadel Ltd bought the town's 250-year-old Napoleonic fort from the Ministry of Defence for £1.8m.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

The Sri Lankan navy ferried the survivors to nearby Galle, famous for its 16th-century Dutch fort.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Archaeological sites nearby include a villa at Eastbourne, a fort at Pevensey, and rural communities at Bullock Down and Birling.

From Science Daily • Jan. 25, 2026

“Nvidia is the power-hungry, dirty solution holding the fort until the competition comes in with a completely different approach,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 12, 2026

British and Hessian soldiers were getting closer to the fort.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis




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