base of operations
Example Sentences
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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is in the Arabian Sea, could serve as a base of operations for boardings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Bugie Kurniawan, head of the office, said: "We will not allow Indonesian territory, especially Bali, to become a haven or base of operations for international criminals."
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
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 raid follows a similar one on Al Jazeera's East Jerusalem base of operations in May.
From Salon • Sep. 22, 2024
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
