watchtower

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Recent Examples of watchtower Under the glaring sun, people poured toward the notorious facility north of Damascus, as traffic stretched for miles and some left their cars to walk the last stretch uphill, past barbed wire fences and watchtowers. Clarissa Ward, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024 Located about two hours from Rio de Janeiro, the compound reportedly has 12 cannons and watchtowers guarding a Portuguese colonial–style villa equipped with a party room. Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 4 Dec. 2024 The Apple Original Film from Skydance Media centers on two elite snipers, played by Taylor-Joy and Teller, who are stationed in watchtowers on opposite sides of a highly-classified gorge. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 7 Dec. 2024 The Sun Tower's design is inspired by the area's ancient history of Sun worshipping, as well as the watchtowers that were long ago used to warn Chinese Emperors of possible seaborne attacks. Adam Williams, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for watchtower
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Noun
  • Progress in solving California’s unquestioned housing shortage can often be measured by the number of permits issued for new construction or conversions of existing office towers.
    Thomas Elias, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Construction on the tower is now expected to complete in 2027, CNN reported.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025

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