fort
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Vibe: After a rehearsal dinner at the Palace of Versailles in France, private jets flew guests to a 16th-century fort in Italy for the actual wedding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 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
"Our people settled here even before the Dutch built the fort," Arkoful says.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Despite those staggering volumes, Ukraine holds the fort.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
He said that loud enough for Ainyr to hear from inside the fort.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
Long before forts, churches or written records marked this coastline, a group of travellers left Akwamufie, the historic capital of the Akwamu Kingdom.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
“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
Stretching east to west from the North Sea to the Irish Sea, Hadrian's Wall featured a series of forts and towers placed at regular intervals.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
They did things together, like building forts or kicking balls or fighting.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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