bastion

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's

"The hijab is the first bastion of Iranian women's Islamic identity. If this bastion collapses, other cultural and heritage elements will gradually collapse in turn," the ultraconservative Kayhan daily warned on Thursday.

From Barron's

The school has long been known as a progressive bastion.

From The Wall Street Journal

Taking away congressional representation from the party’s last remaining conservative bastions leaves the party even less relevant, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Aid became a bastion of paternalism or, as some came to see it, neocolonialism.

From The Wall Street Journal