stronghold
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Recovering from his wounds, a still-weakened Miller led another attack against the heavily fortified royalist stronghold of Valdivia, Chile—the “Gibraltar of South America.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Israel's military warned residents of Beirut's southern suburbs, long a Hezbollah stronghold, of imminent strikes and called for them to evacuate.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
"Canvassing has a big impact," the 41-year-old told AFP in Jaszfenyszaru, a central Hungarian town long considered a stronghold of Orban's Fidesz party.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Minicircle is based in the libertarian stronghold of Próspera, a small charter city on the island of Roatán, off the coast of Honduras, with its own laws and regulatory frameworks.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
He saw the castle first, the stronghold of the Botleys.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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