stronghold
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Bluebells are native to western Europe and south-west England is a species stronghold, says the trust.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Adhikari also defeated Banerjee from the Bhabanipur constituency, which was her stronghold.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Gao is the army's second-largest military stronghold after Kati, a garrison town near Bamako which is home to several senior junta officials and was targeted in the weekend attacks.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Meanwhile, smaller banks’ stronghold in commercial-and-industrial lending to companies, where they have actually grown as a share of the market overall, became a weakness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
As Toussaint neared the last British stronghold, he said, “We are fighting that liberty—that most precious of all earthly posses-sions—may not perish.”
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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