bastion
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After all, who’d have predicted that Lawrence, Kan., would become a bastion of pro-Algerian pride?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
The mass comes on day two of Pope Leo's seven-day visit to Spain, a traditional Catholic bastion where religious observance has been declining sharply in recent years as in much of western Europe.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
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
On Monday it won a sweeping victory in state elections in West Bengal, India’s fourth most populous state, long regarded as an opposition bastion beyond the BJP’s grasp.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026
In fifty paces, with a swift bend round a jutting bastion of the cliff, it took them out of sight from the Tower.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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