as in fortress
a structure or place from which one can resist attack
the island was the pirates' last stronghold in the West Indies
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Recent Examples of stronghold
This came after the military reiterated its warning to evacuate the area, a Hezbollah stronghold known as the Dahiyeh.
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
The majority come from Lebanon’s south, where the Israeli military has enforced sweeping evacuation orders while launching multiple strikes on the region, a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah.
—Stella Kim, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
In response, Israel has ordered some 300,000 residents of Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut to flee, taking out building after building.
—CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union was headed for defeat against the Greens in a wealthy southwestern German state that was once a conservative stronghold.
—Michael Nienaber, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 11 Mar. 2026
The majority come from Lebanon’s south, where the Israeli military has enforced sweeping evacuation orders while launching multiple strikes on the region, a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah.
—Stella Kim, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026
In response, Israel has ordered some 300,000 residents of Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut to flee, taking out building after building.
—CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s Christian Democratic Union was headed for defeat against the Greens in a wealthy southwestern German state that was once a conservative stronghold.
—Michael Nienaber, Bloomberg, 8 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stronghold
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The point is not to turn the home into a fortress but to remove single points of failure.—
Neal K. Shah,
Boston Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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The result is the most security-intensive Academy Awards in memory — a fortress of concentric rings, AI surveillance, FBI intelligence gathering and rooftop snipers wrapped around Hollywood’s biggest night.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Mar. 2026
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No one’s comfortable saying that that pop music should be a bastion of the wealthy, but solutions to that are not free-market solutions.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile Wisconsin, once celebrated for its historic commitment to open government, now appears poised to become a new bastion of secrecy in service of its rooting interests.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
9 Mar. 2026
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Craig Proctor, the childhood friend who played Dungeons & Dragons with him, told me that Friedmann once showed him architectural floor plans for a citadel that Friedmann’s thief-rogue avatar would oversee.—
James Verini,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
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Jeremy Blake released a trilogy of animations about San Jose’s Winchester Mystery House, the Victorian citadel built by a gun heiress to keep out the ghosts of those killed with her rifles.—
Rachel Wetzler,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2026
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Iran’s neighbors, particularly Turkey and Iraq, are preparing contingency plans including border fortifications and refugee shelters amid fears of a potential crisis.—
Sam McNeil,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
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Over the past few years, researchers have mapped the city's fortification walls, street grids and city blocks, thanks to drone imagery and high-resolution geophysical scans.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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The two meet at a wedding that takes place at an Irish castle.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2026
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In a castle of North Yorkshire, English Heritage archaeologists found a 15-foot shaft to a remarkably large bunker that was built between 1963-64.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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Put them in tents, build forts, etc.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Mar. 2026
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It’s also located inside a historic fort that once defended the coast.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Stronghold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stronghold. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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