trading post
Example Sentences
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On the final night, on the frozen shores of the Hudson Bay, they set up camp next to an abandoned trading post as the ice crackled beneath them while the northern lights danced above.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
His travels include encounters with Inuit people, snow blindness and a stinging need for solitude that leads him to abandon his family for a life in the Arctic trading post.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 8, 2025
Born in Nebraska and raised in South Dakota, Leahy worked in his youth as a cowhand, a soda jerk and a clerk in a trading post.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025
Myawaddy, in Kayin state, is opposite the Thai district of Mae Sot in Tak province and is connected by two bridges across the Moei River It is Myanmar’s most active trading post with Thailand.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024
And he refolded the map so it would show the lake where they were and the trading post at the same time.
From "The River" by Gary Paulsen
