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[strawng-hohld, strong-] / ˈstrɔŋˌhoʊld, ˈstrɒŋ- /


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Appeared in the January 22, 2026, print edition as 'In Ominous Sign for Regime, Iran’s Protests Began in Conservative Stronghold'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

He wrote that Apache Stronghold had essentially asked the government to give them “de facto” ownership of a “rather spacious tract” of public land, which had to be rejected.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2025

They must embark on an arduous journey to a lava-swamped region called the Nether and then excavate deep underground to find a dungeon known as a Stronghold.

From New York Times • May 17, 2024

Stronghold is the only California horse in the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2024

Vaqueros and riders from the Stronghold also came and went, as intent, as silent.

From Tharon of Lost Valley by Johnson, Frank Tenney




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