cantonment
Example Sentences
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For decades, the Indian elite have sought escape in Raj-era private clubs and gymkhanas, scattered around the swankiest neighbourhoods in the country's big cities, hillside resorts and cantonment towns.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
The base lost contact with it around 20 minutes later, just before it was due to land in the cantonment town of Wellington.
From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2021
Through their research, the cousins determined Armstrong’s original burial site in 1941 was in the British cantonment area of St. Luke’s Anglican Church Cemetery in Toungoo, Burma.
From Washington Times ● May 29, 2017
According to a BBC round up of reports: The Peshawar explosions took place near Shama Square, a major crossroads at the northern end of Peshawar’s cantonment area, near the U.S. consulate.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2010
The cantonment here was the home of the Darlings.
From The Tigress by Warner, Anne
