fortified
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Recovering from his wounds, a still-weakened Miller led another attack against the heavily fortified royalist stronghold of Valdivia, Chile—the “Gibraltar of South America.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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
“Government officials live on military bases or other sorts of fortified zones in authoritarian regimes.”
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
Four spent their military service stationed near the heavily fortified inter-Korean border, known for barbed wire, harsh winters and intense training.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
The jetty that divided the inner and outer harbors had been fortified with a long stone wall, thirty feet tall and almost a mile long, with towers every hundred yards.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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