stockade

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Several of those provisions have long been considered nonstarters for Iran, which sees its missile stockade and regional alliances as central to national security.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

In the summer of 2008, Epstein began serving his sentence at the Palm Beach County stockade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Most of us do not want to see an ex-president pilloried or put in the stockade, literally or metaphorically.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2024

He talked back to Naval superiors when he served during World War II and got tossed in the stockade.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2023

Sharpened stakes were wrenched from the ground, planks were dropped across deep ditches, and the stockade gates were thrown wide.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin