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 USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier, which is sailing off the coast of Oman near the Persian Gulf, could serve as a base of operations for boardings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 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
We’ll use that as a base of operations while I look for a furnished apartment, somewhere midtown.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
