guardhouse
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He said their occupation of the guardhouse would have sufficed in causing disruption and the damage they caused was "gratuitous" and for "performance purposes only".
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2026
A property of such high value—with its separate 5,000-square-foot guest penthouse, caretaker house, two-bedroom guardhouse, 12-car garage, and parking for 80 vehicles—has a considerably lower buyer pool, because most people simply cannot afford it.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 5, 2026
On a Friday afternoon in late March, dozens of workers were lining up at the guardhouse to start their shifts building batteries for vehicles like the Ford F-150 Lightning and the Volkswagen ID.4.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
The theme continues with a tall guardhouse with a curved rail across the roof.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
When I knocked on the guardhouse door of the prison, it was opened by a soldier I’d never seen before, a short man with black hair, sky blue eyes, and a scowl.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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A barbed-wire security fence ringed the perimeter, and guardhouses were stationed at the entrances.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
During the years Dietz worked with De Becker, he visited the homes of De Becker’s clients, touring guardhouses and safe rooms De Becker’s team had installed.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2019
By the 18th century, when more conservative Bourbons succeeded to the Spanish throne, these private rooms became guardhouses for masterpieces they would have been happy to burn.
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2016
There were more guardhouses at regular intervals, and then, across the ridge, the remains of stone walls and defensive ditches.
From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2016
We pulled out of the development and headed north, past the gates and guardhouses, past the high-tension wires and the osprey nests, toward the Lake Windsor campus.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
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