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watchtower

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as in tower

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Recent Examples of watchtower The path finally flattened at the bottom of a watchtower covered on one side with steel scaffolding. — Erin Tan, NBC news, 13 May 2026 In Paro, Tiger's Nest (the country's signature hike) is a quick drive away, as is the National Museum of Bhutan, housed inside a 17th-century watchtower. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026 The Hasmonean walls encircled an area much larger than the current Old City of Jerusalem, with 60 watchtowers along the wall that were more than 10 meters (33 feet) tall, according to ancient writings. — CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025 Meanwhile, Vishnu heads to a watchtower and Sukhbir sets off in a boat with a backup plan if the others fail to detonate the explosives from inside. — Time, 13 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for watchtower

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Goliath, one of Six Flags Over Georgia's headline attractions, towers above the park's entrance.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Five Park received extraordinary, site-specific zoning approvals, yet developers are using it to argue for 500-foot towers elsewhere without independent scrutiny, Suarez said.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026

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