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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Far from being a challenger for power, it could not even hold on to its old citadels.
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In the citadel of St Martial everyone's nerves were on edge.
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It seemed that the verderers were going towards the outlaws' citadel , not away from it.
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New Zealand became the citadel of the new right.
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Outside this was a citadel , fortified like the inner bailey, but containing a greater number of buildings.
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Whenever there was fighting around Limoges one permanent complicating factor was the rivalry between city and citadel .
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With your help, and that of the Forteviot men, the main citadels may still be standing.