guardhouse

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Recent Examples of guardhouse Next door, Oates uncovered a large edifice with a massive basalt threshold and thick walls, entered by passing through two small rooms, perhaps guardhouses. Andrew Lawler, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2010 Altogether, the compound features a total of 12 bedrooms and a whopping 24 bathrooms split between a main house, a 5,000-square-foot guest penthouse, a caretaker’s cottage, and a guardhouse. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 June 2023 Alice passes out there, dead drunk in the guardhouse — and wakes up in her childhood bed on her 16th birthday. Ellen Akins, Washington Post, 20 May 2022 The theme continues with a tall guardhouse with a curved rail across the roof. Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022 See all Example Sentences for guardhouse 
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Noun
  • Early voting expanded to polling places in each ward on Oct. 21.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The Monday event was held in Baptist Health College's simulation laboratory -- a hospital ward populated with a dozen or so beds occupied by mannequins.
    Cynthia Howell, arkansasonline.com, 22 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the Cascade Garden has been relocated to a new 3,800-square-foot glasshouse filled with tropical plantings.
    Mike D'Onofrio, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The project also preserved several glasshouses and renovated the Waterlily Court, the latter of which will open in the spring of 2025.
    Mike D'Onofrio, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • There are worse places to begin a search for the sources of Egypt's current political earthquake than in the company of a middle-aged French soldier imprisoned in a German stalag during World War II.
    Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2011
  • Request Reprint Permissions There are worse places to begin a search for the sources of Egypt's current political earthquake than in the company of a middle-aged French soldier imprisoned in a German stalag during World War II.
    Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2011
Noun
  • Now that stores only sell clothes that have been slapped together from plastic sheeting and surgical staples in fast-fashion gulags, what used to be considered basic construction — stuff like finished seams and sturdy material — becomes downright luxurious in comparison.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 16 July 2024
  • Nikita Khrushchev’s Soviet Union was a murderous gulag.
    Bryan C. Donohue, Baltimore Sun, 17 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Accessories Think about the little things that can make your workouts more enjoyable and efficient, like consoles, tablet holders, and water bottle cages.
    Danielle DiMeglio, SELF, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Later, however, authorities found the chimp alive and concealed in a basement cage, according to a June 2022 court filing.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In the meantime, however, the robovac delivers plenty of suction power, a spacious dustbin, and a 240ml water tank that allows this robot to also mop your floors.
    Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The moon’s clash with Neptune tanks your self-esteem.
    USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Scarborough died July 28, 1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in Common Grave 215, according to prison camp and other historical records.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Navalny died suddenly in a prison camp in the Russian Arctic in February.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • There are regulations to make sure Virginia's 235 migrant labor camps have safe working conditions.
    Karri Peifer, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
  • In July 1942, the Nazis ordered Anne’s older sister, Margot, to return to Germany and report to a labor camp.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024

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“Guardhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardhouse. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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