watchtower
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"The settlers' attack took place in full view of the Israeli army," Palestinian activist Osama Makhamra told AFP, noting that an Israeli military watchtower stands close to the mosque that was set ablaze.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
A watchtower on a hilltop, still painted in the colours of the Iranian flag, overlooks the base.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025
My explorations took me from a top-down view on the 32nd floor of a luxury hotel to the faded blue upholstered seats of the Las Vegas Monorail to a dilapidated security watchtower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023
There’s still a watchtower overlooking everything that we do.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2023
The Augur nods to the path that leads to the eastern watchtower.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
The property has been reported to feature a Portuguese Colonial-style villa with a large party room, along with watchtowers and 12 cannons that give the retreat a decidedly fortresslike appearance.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
But new watchtowers along that border have pushed escapees to unconventional and riskier routes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
But with high fences, watchtowers and armed guards, "there was no way to leave", until he was released with 5,400 other Chinese nationals since the February crackdown.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2025
The festival will have 25 more entry lanes which organisers said would enable deeper searches of visitors' belongings, 25% more watchtowers manned 24-hours a day, and 50% increase in high-visibility security patrols.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2024
They did the work of overseeing the prisoners, while the guards stood at a distance or stayed up in the watchtowers.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
