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
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
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
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
Daito and Shoto had used it as their mobile base of operations for as long as I’d known them.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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