bastion

Example Sentences

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An AFP correspondent heard explosions as the state-run National News Agency reported strikes on the area, a Hezbollah bastion that has largely emptied of residents since war erupted last month.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

No one’s comfortable saying that that pop music should be a bastion of the wealthy, but solutions to that are not free-market solutions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

For years, investors treated the Persian Gulf as a bastion of calm in a deeply unstable region.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

The shift has opened the doors for the major streaming platforms to get more deeply involved in sports broadcasting rights, which have largely remained a bastion of traditional network television.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

To infiltrate the impenetrable Ice Court and snatch a prize from the bastion of Fjerdan nobility and military might?

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo