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blockhouse

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as in bunker

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Recent Examples of blockhouse The kitchen had two notable features—a big cast-iron woodstove on which everything was cooked, and a dishwasher that stood up like a blockhouse, designed to receive trays two feet by two with wire-mesh bottoms and sides four inches high. — John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Attempts by newsmen to get word from the Complex 34 blockhouse proved fruitless as pad personnel declined to supply information or page public information officials. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026 That same Christmas in Columbia, a settlement of four blockhouses and 50 settlers founded a month earlier at what is now Columbia-Tusculum, pioneers held a feast. — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2024 One of the original blockhouses overlooks the canal, while the old town is filled with art galleries and craft stories. — Joe Yogerst, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024 Nearby, several of his men sat in the shade of a small blockhouse, holding automatic weapons. — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023 These bolts anchored the blockhouse to the slab, Penders said. — Rick Neale, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023 Chavez was responsible for the craft’s electrical monitor console, which was located in the blockhouse, a concrete building used to observe the proceedings. — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Mar. 2019

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Many will be intrigued by Florian Zeller’s latest, featuring real-life couple Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, about an architect building a survivalist bunker for a billionaire and his wife, who questions his involvement.

— David Bloom, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Partner carrier Hapag-Lloyd tallied the second quarter cash impacts of the Hormuz disruption at roughly $600 million, with average bunker consumption price increasing sequentially from $485 per metric ton in Q1 to $700 per metric ton in Q2.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 17 Aug. 2026

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The fort is about a 75-mile drive southwest from downtown Raleigh.

— Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 18 Aug. 2026
Fighting valiantly but doomed by a lack of supplies, soldiers surrendered the fort on this day in 1864, bringing the Battle of Mobile Bay to its end.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

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