base of operations
Example Sentences
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Many ships also disguise their real owners, flying flags that have nothing to do with their true base of operations, he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
Multiple people have fallen ill after opening a "suspicious package" delivered to the base of operations for Air Force One.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
During that time, his base of operations, Fairfax Hospital, has been threatened with closure “at least 10 times,” he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2025
In fact, Nixon left California and moved to the East Coast, taking a job at a white-shoe law firm and using New York City as his political base of operations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025
The historical record makes it perfectly clear, to be sure, that Jefferson was orchestrating the campaign of vilification, which had its chief base of operations in Virginia and its headquarters at Monticello.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
