stronghold
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Recovering from his wounds, a still-weakened Miller led another attack against the heavily fortified royalist stronghold of Valdivia, Chile—the “Gibraltar of South America.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
That historic exodus helped turn South Korea into a stronghold of the Christian faith and one of the world’s biggest exporters of missionaries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
And it was not just the traditional Hezbollah stronghold of Dahieh that was hit in the Lebanese capital - the city centre was also hit.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Strikes also hit Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold for the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, after a warning from the Israeli army, as well as several areas in southern and eastern Lebanon.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
Syracuse was an Abolitionist stronghold, and the church bells were used to give the alarm whenever a fugitive was in danger.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
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