bastion
Example Sentences
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After all, who’d have predicted that Lawrence, Kan., would become a bastion of pro-Algerian pride?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
Back in Burton, Al Wall and Emma Cole, brewery manager at Burton Bridge and Heritage Brewing Company, hope to preserve their history and be a "bastion of independence".
From BBC • May 25, 2026
Iran is no bastion of free expression, in other words, which anyone bopping to those raps about enacting revenge on “the Baal-worshipping Epstein crew” must remember.
From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026
“The intersection of these headwinds is resulting in an operating reality that is challenging the idea of CPG as a bastion of consistency,” the analysts say, “widening the gap between the most and least advantaged.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
A second memo, from a captain, seemed aimed at shaking up the tower personnel, who were no doubt a bastion of complacency.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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