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bastion

[bas-chuhn, -tee-uhn] / ˈbæs tʃən, -ti ən /


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Back in Burton, Al Wall and Emma Cole, brewery manager at Burton Bridge and Heritage Brewing Company, hope to preserve their history and be a "bastion of independence".

From BBC • May 25, 2026

“The intersection of these headwinds is resulting in an operating reality that is challenging the idea of CPG as a bastion of consistency,” the analysts say, “widening the gap between the most and least advantaged.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Small towns, villages and hamlets -- home to around half of the central European nation's 9.5 million people -- have long been the bastion of the ruling Fidesz party.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

No one’s comfortable saying that that pop music should be a bastion of the wealthy, but solutions to that are not free-market solutions.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

To infiltrate the impenetrable Ice Court and snatch a prize from the bastion of Fjerdan nobility and military might?

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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