fortified

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In mid-December 2020, federal officials responsible for protecting American elections from fraud converged in a windowless, dim, fortified room at the Justice Department’s downtown Washington, D.C., headquarters.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

After splashdown, a separate Armstrong Flight Research Center team will collect a fortified sensor affixed to the exterior of the capsule that is designed to study the heat shield up close.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

In the age of the transfer portal, top teams across college basketball have fortified their rosters with imports—but May, 49, took it to another level.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Just over 100 people forced to leave their homes gathered from dawn on Monday at a WFP distribution site in Paktia province, on Afghanistan's eastern border, to receive fortified biscuits, an AFP photographer said.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

Horan’s team was sent to one of the new fortified villages north of Saigon, reached by a narrow, pothole-filled dirt road, barely passable in their open jeep.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge