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redoubt

ruh dowt

  • n  (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses
  • n  an entrenched stronghold or refuge

  • HGTV, the homespun redoubt of gardening and glue-gun projects that became a cable hit in the post-911 cocooning era, is now dominated by what it calls "Property Buzz" shows .
  • Inhospitable as such a Red Planet redoubt would be, two years after you arrive, another crew will show up, and another two years after that, and another after that.
  • Experts have investigated less thoroughly the regions deep within the earthplaces where living things could establish a safe redoubt.
Quotes

  • Richard A Clarke in Executive Intelligence Review (EIR)
    Noting that Bush played into the hands of those who wanted proof that America is at war with Islam, Clarke concludes: "It was as if Usama bin Laden, hidden in some high mountain redoubt, were engaging in long-range mind control of George Bush,...
  • Sheldon Whitehouse in San Francisco Chronicle
    America increasingly gets it about the consequences of climate change,said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, DR.I. "Somehow this building seems to be sort of the last redoubt of people who don't seem to get it."
  • Hazel Blears in Times Online
    A source close to Blears said: "There are now Labour MPs in the south who are totally isolated, without any councillors to back them up. They are the last redoubt. We need a hardheaded look at what's gone wrong."

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