stronghold

Example Sentences

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Joint U.S.-Israeli military operations also took aim at security organizations in western Iran’s Kurdish areas, which are traditional antiregime strongholds.

From The Wall Street Journal

Newsom's team, meanwhile, told Politico the book tour was planned to show "support" for Democratic candidates in Republican strongholds and "up and down the ballot."

From Barron's

He was elected to his old job as mayor of his southern stronghold of Davao in midterm elections held in May last year, though jail stopped him serving.

From Barron's

Scappaticci was raised in the Irish republican stronghold of west Belfast where he would find work as a bricklayer.

From BBC

The suburban ninth district, which sits outside Fort Worth and includes a town called White Settlement, is the very definition of a Republican stronghold.

From Salon