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bastion

[bas-chuhn, -tee-uhn] / ˈbæs tʃən, -ti ən /


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The mass comes on day two of Pope Leo's seven-day visit to Spain, a traditional Catholic bastion where religious observance has been declining sharply in recent years as in much of western Europe.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

This is Liverpool, the supposed bastion of stability.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

From 1983 to 1995, High Performance was published by Astro Artz, renamed 18th Street Arts Center in 1990, and a bastion of performance art to this day.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 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

This side of the castle, perhaps a hundred feet high, was the pink bastion they had seen from the mountain-top.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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