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GANJGAL, Afghanistan — We walked into a trap, a killing zone of relentless gunfire and rocket barrages from Afghan insurgents hidden in the mountainsides and in a fortress-like village where women and children were replenishing their ammunition.
KIA KIA/BNR 2009
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From Oscar®-winning director Martin Scorsese, and based on the best-selling thriller by Dennis Lehane, comes Shutter Island, a tale of haunting mystery and psychological suspense that unfolds entirely on a fortress-like island housing a hospital for the criminally insane.
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The broadcast comes a day after hundreds of Libyan rebels stormed Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya fortress-like compound in the capital but found no sign of the longtime leader.
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In the fortress-like booth, the clerk was reading a newspaper.
Fear vic fortezza 2011
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He entered a fortress-like structure that occupied the entire corner of a city block.
Daniel in a Den of Liberalism vic fortezza 2011
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The broadcast comes a day after hundreds of Libyan rebels stormed Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya fortress-like compound in the capital but found no sign of the longtime leader.
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The proposals will tackle how to refine the perimeter of the fortress-like campus, how to handle traffic as Facebook boosts staffing as well as how to build up housing and services such as stores in an area that currently doesn't even have a major grocery market.
Facebook Courts Its Future Neighbors Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011
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Boxy windows and cutouts puncture the building's fortress-like grey façade, made of foam-insulated metal panels more typically used to clad commercial buildings.
A Tall Order in San Francisco Juliet Chung 2011
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You have to get merchandise from one fortress-like city-state to another by outrunning ruthless motorcycle gangs hellbent on raping and pillaging anyone who comes near.
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It is grim looking from the outside, a fortress-like building with few windows.
John Merrow: A Paradox? Or Just a Contradiction? John Merrow 2011
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