outpost
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One Palestinian living within sight of Havat Gilad told me she watched the outpost from her window constantly, for signs of an imminent settler attack.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Madrid had rushed security personnel and equipment to the North African outpost that it has run for centuries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
Southern Californian restaurateur Rafi Khan had a clear vision for a new food outpost on a 20-acre ranch he leased in Riverside County earlier this year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Meanwhile, novels about urbanites who relocate to a rural outpost are almost invariably antic accounts of dopiness rewarded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Cornelis van Sommelsdijk, the castle’s absent lord, had helped establish a Labadist outpost across the ocean in South America: a lush, dangerous place called Surinam.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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The Israeli military said on Thursday it had sent forces to the area a second time, overnight, and dismantled two outposts, detaining one Israeli.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
In addition to naming colonial-era outposts like St. Louis and Detroit, French-speaking settlers and traders gave their names to Dubuque, Iowa; Duluth, Minn.; and Pierre, S.D.; among others.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
"Since they will be limited by the few resources they brought from Earth, anything they find on the moon will help them basically live off the land, especially for longer-term missions or outposts."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
None of the outposts we approached around al-Mughayyir responded to our request for an interview.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Parts of Greenland, Ireland, Scotland, and Scandinavia have the same rocks as the eastern United States—are, in effect, ruptured outposts of the Appalachians.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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