embattlement

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Noun
  • Meanwhile, Desmond Castle stands watch beyond the village park—its stone battlements and arrow slits recalling Norman skirmishes and feudal lords.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • As part of that, some of its defensive features like towers and battlements were removed.
    Katie Nadworny, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In 1946, Picasso set up his studio in Château Grimaldi, a former medieval castle perched above the ramparts.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
  • The best are those on top floors with views of the pool or Caribbean Sea beyond city ramparts—uninterrupted for over 500 miles north to Jamaica.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 May 2026
Noun
  • Was a wedding at that hulking fortress in Midtown Manhattan gauche?
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • The footage opens with fortress-like coastal imagery before moving into large-scale period sets, suggesting the film will have the epic scope of Hugo’s story while grounding it in a raw visual language.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 July 2026
Noun
  • The red brick building, with its geometric parapet wall and barrel plank ceiling, was built in the 1930s.
    Jenna Thompson June 10, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026
  • That only occurs in a police state when a critical mass of disenchantment begins to see itself as the majority, and confident enough to raise its head above the parapet.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 11 May 2026
Noun
  • History fans should look out for the climb up to the Château de Montségur, once a stronghold of the Cathar religious rebels, and scene of a bloody siege in 1244.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • According to the indictment made public this week, the Hoovers had strongholds over specific hotels and motels in their territory, including the Stadium Inn & Spas.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Noun
  • For the past 30 years, the 6,000-square-foot bulwark served as the Yancey County Public Library, but no amount of shelving could mask the fact something more complex and was just below the surface.
    Mark Price Updated June 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 June 2026
  • In casting a figure who could embody an industry, a medium, a bulwark against unworthy encroachers and invaders, Michael Patrick King and Lisa Kudrow brought in Burrows as the most believable person possible.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Because Cook County and the city of Chicago remain a Democratic bastion, new voters will not have the choice of getting new ideas or a fresh set of eyes from an independent or a Republican candidate.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • These organizations claim to be bastions of journalism, Defenders of Democracy, and heroes in the fight for truth in government.
    Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • The infantrymen around him peeped painfully over the heap of dirt that substituted for a breastwork.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Embattlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embattlement. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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