bastion

Example Sentences

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As a decentralized system whose channels and stations exist within the communities they serve, public media represents a last bastion of local and regional programming.

From Los Angeles Times

In Israel’s early days, Ben-Gurion’s Mapai, the bastion of Labor Zionism, “was a party with its own state,” Mr. Segal observes.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a corner of the bottom tier of the MCG, thousands waved their flags and sang their songs, creating a party atmosphere in a bastion of Australian sport.

From BBC

These new technologies offered them a bastion of free speech and a global platform.

From Salon

“We could see a blow dealt to the last bastion of consumers willing to spend with abandon: the affluent,” said Swonk.

From Barron's