base of operations
Example Sentences
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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
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 city was Sánchez’s base of operations as he worked to reclaim the gold mine.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
The raid follows a similar one on Al Jazeera's East Jerusalem base of operations in May.
From Salon • Sep. 22, 2024
North of New York, Canada was a major base of operations for the Confederate Secret Service.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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