base of operations
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Reaching the Antarctic pole took two tries, one of which wound up with Brown and his crew stranded for nearly a month while storms pummeled their base of operations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
The camp, built in 1941 and closed in 1946, was the last base of operations for Black “Buffalo Soldiers” before the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024
The raid follows a similar one on Al Jazeera's East Jerusalem base of operations in May.
From Salon • Sep. 22, 2024
SpaceX, which employs more than 5,000 people in California, according to state records, also already has a large base of operations in the state.
From BBC • Jul. 16, 2024
Of all the deals that Aaron Giebel had made from his base of operations in Midland during the boom, the hardest part, by his own account, was figuring out which one was the worst.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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