bastion
Example Sentences
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He said the fine had "severe" consequences for the university's reputation as a "bastion of free speech".
From BBC
Rep. Marc Veasey, a Fort Worth Democrat, noting that Texas is far from becoming one of the country’s liberal bastions.
From Salon
The bloodiest crisis in Iran’s recent political history started in a conservative bastion: Tehran’s market area.
Discovery, it is simultaneously tackling the last bastion where traditional TV has an edge over streamers: sports and live events.
As a decentralized system whose channels and stations exist within the communities they serve, public media represents a last bastion of local and regional programming.
From Los Angeles Times
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