stronghold
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It is this variety that makes the site such a stronghold for butterflies, she says.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
The Liberals swept three special elections to fill vacancies in Canada’s Parliament, with sizable victories in two races in Toronto and pulling out a win in Quebec in a usually French-speaking nationalist stronghold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
Minicircle is based in the libertarian stronghold of Próspera, a small charter city on the island of Roatán, off the coast of Honduras, with its own laws and regulatory frameworks.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
Even if suburbia isn’t the same stronghold for the retailer as it once was, it’s still generating interest.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
At this the grey-eyed goddess Athena left him and left that comely land, going over sea to Marathon, to the wide roadways of Athens and her retreat in the stronghold of Erekhtheus.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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