power base

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These lords turned Finlaggan into a power base from where they controlled the Hebrides, Argyll and parts of the north west Highlands.

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“They just see us as differently and the resources to organize and build up that political power base never materialized,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

The Green Party of England and Wales is aiming for a "record" number of councillors as it looks to increase its power base for an eighth election in a row, party co-leader Adrian Ramsey has said.

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Mr Pentz believes the new find builds on to a theory that Denmark was more important during this era than previously thought, potentially placing Sweden and England on the periphery of a central Danish "power base".

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They are now a great deal worse after Rohingya militant groups, which have their power base in the vast refugee camps in Bangladesh, chose to take sides with the military, against the AA, despite the army's track record of persecuting Rohingyas.

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