bastion
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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
This is Liverpool, the supposed bastion of stability.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
From 1983 to 1995, High Performance was published by Astro Artz, renamed 18th Street Arts Center in 1990, and a bastion of performance art to this day.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026
For years, investors treated the Persian Gulf as a bastion of calm in a deeply unstable region.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 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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