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also kasbah
as in alcazar
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Recent Examples of casbah
The face-offs that started with a break-in at Wick’s house have since traveled to antique weapons stores and Casablanca casbahs; New York City tunnels, bridges, harbors, and public libraries; and European museums and churches, with no civilians ever getting caught in the crossfire.
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Vulture, 25 Mar. 2023
La Muralla Roja, designed in 1968 and completed in 1973, in the coastal city of Calpe, reimagined the North African casbah as a bright pink assemblage of walls and stairways as if arranged by M.C. Escher.
—New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
The records company’s founder Neil Bogart channeled the movie Casablanca with a disco touch, depicting a desert casbah invitation to the exotic city.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
She was arrested at a hideout in the casbah in 1957 but freed five years later, when Algeria declared independence in 1962, sparking the mass exodus of Europeans from the country.
—Washington Post, 9 July 2021
The community’s salmon-pink palette was suggested by the rosy sandstone walls, and its hilltop clubhouse, introduced by a Middle Eastern-style water stair, was placed to overlook the villas like a casbah surveying so many riads.
—Peter Haldeman, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2017
Vulture, 25 Mar. 2023
La Muralla Roja, designed in 1968 and completed in 1973, in the coastal city of Calpe, reimagined the North African casbah as a bright pink assemblage of walls and stairways as if arranged by M.C. Escher.
—New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022
The records company’s founder Neil Bogart channeled the movie Casablanca with a disco touch, depicting a desert casbah invitation to the exotic city.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Aug. 2021
She was arrested at a hideout in the casbah in 1957 but freed five years later, when Algeria declared independence in 1962, sparking the mass exodus of Europeans from the country.
—Washington Post, 9 July 2021
The community’s salmon-pink palette was suggested by the rosy sandstone walls, and its hilltop clubhouse, introduced by a Middle Eastern-style water stair, was placed to overlook the villas like a casbah surveying so many riads.
—Peter Haldeman, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for casbah
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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
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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
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Russian Telegram channels said that the two lieutenant colonels died on December 30 following Ukraine's attack on a bunker in Lgov. Newsweek has contacted the Russian and Ukrainian defense ministries for comment by email.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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To try to calm the surface, the Caldwell dumped heavy black bunker oil into the water, but this did little except cover the Zaida and its crew in thick, stinking grease.—
David Wolman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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The fortress is made up of two distinct areas: a core inner fortress that researchers say show signs of year-round residential use and a more sprawling outer area that may have been used more occasionally by roaming pastoral groups.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
8 Jan. 2025
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Geographically, the United States is both an economic hub and a military fortress.—
Michael Beckley,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Jan. 2025
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Gales Ferry Intermodal had agreed from the start to preserve the footprint of the central fort, and the Archaeological Conservancy announced Dec. 26 a deal to save more.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
6 Jan. 2025
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Nestled in a scenic mountain pass, this is a hike-in park on an interpretive trail to the ruins of the fort.—
Roger Naylor,
The Arizona Republic,
1 Jan. 2025
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“Casbah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casbah. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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