fort
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"Our people settled here even before the Dutch built the fort," Arkoful says.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
The fort immediately surrendered, the night’s darkness having “proved to be the attackers’ greatest ally, because it heightened the royalists’ fear of the unknown.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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
We made a little fort in the D&D basement.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026
Richard and I take off running up the hill to the fort.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Vocabulary lists containing fort
Stay Strong: Forc and Fort
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Sectionalism and Civil War, Lessons 3–6
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