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bastion

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


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The Ministry of Defence, which is unveiling elements of Atlantic Bastion on Monday, said in a statement that the programme was "in direct response to the resurgence in Russian submarine and underwater activity".

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2025

The aircraft, being used by the Royal Air Force at the time, suffered a heavy landing at Camp Bastion, a former British Army airbase in Helmand Province.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2024

Activists have been highly suspicious of Bastion Security, a company founded by a former apartheid-era soldier in South Africa, which the Eswatini government has hired to provide security training for law enforcement.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2023

As for food and beverage connoisseurs, local brewery Bastion Brewing Company has beers to-go, as well as on tap.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2023

To cut into the wind and float down Portal Avenue toward Bastion Street.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds




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