rampart

Example Sentences

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Mr Ambekar says that portions of an earthen rampart believed to have been built by the region's first settlers exists even today.

From BBC • May 5, 2025

Up close, the structure, which will cost as much as $40 million, looks less like a dune and more like a rampart.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2022

In a nation whose strict policies earned it the nickname “Fortress Australia,” the last rampart has fallen.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2022

And the overwhelming suspicion was that he was looking for a rampart to which he could retreat in the event of outright civilisational collapse.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2018

The rampart a huge crumbling bulwark above him.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr