bastion
Example Sentences
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On Monday it won a sweeping victory in state elections in West Bengal, India’s fourth most populous state, long regarded as an opposition bastion beyond the BJP’s grasp.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
Small towns, villages and hamlets -- home to around half of the central European nation's 9.5 million people -- have long been the bastion of the ruling Fidesz party.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
Juries are a fundamental bastion of democracy, and it’s beyond dangerous to allow powerful and wealthy corporations to shield themselves from ever having to face jurors’ judgment.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
At that $500,000 price point, a buyer can still land a single-family home — an example of how the Midwest remains a bastion of affordability.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 2026
For the moment, Chadwick’s scorn, sounding as it did from deep within the bastion of small science, rankled deeply.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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