stronghold
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Here, too, the Germans enjoyed early success, driving the British and their Commonwealth forces some 350 miles across the rim of Africa, from their stronghold outside Tobruk, Libya to western Egypt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2026
His stronghold is the Chapare region in central Bolivia, which is now a potential flashpoint.
From Barron's • Jun. 20, 2026
On Sunday morning—the day Trump promised the deal would finally be signed—Israeli forces hit Dahiyeh, the Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut’s southern suburbs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026
Long known as a centre of Islamic scholarship and city wary of Muammar Gaddafi's authoritarian rule, Derna became a stronghold of Al-Qaeda and later the Islamic State group after the 2011 uprising.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
He saw the castle first, the stronghold of the Botleys.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
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