base of operations
Example Sentences
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Though she spent some years in an old Ojai farmhouse in the 1980s raising her kids with former husband Malcolm McDowell, she’s always had a base of operations here in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Many ships also disguise their real owners, flying flags that have nothing to do with their true base of operations, he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Bugie Kurniawan, head of the office, said: "We will not allow Indonesian territory, especially Bali, to become a haven or base of operations for international criminals."
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which is sailing off the coast of Oman near the Persian Gulf, could serve as a base of operations for boardings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026
But we spent the night there, turning the pagoda into a little fortress, and then for the next seven or eight days we used the place as a base of operations.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
