outpost

Example Sentences

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"Every day the settlers establish new outposts. We are not safe from them at all."

From Barron's

Last year JPMorgan Chase, America’s biggest bank, expanded its Dubai outpost, relocating bankers from London.

From The Wall Street Journal

Anna Kwok of the Washington-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, another bountied dissident, has warned that Beijing can use these diplomatic outposts to carry out transnational repression in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

The rocky outpost about 15 miles off Iran’s coast hosts the country’s main crude export terminal and is responsible for the overwhelming majority of its oil shipments to the world.

From Barron's

All the women and the old men came out and followed us to the outpost store.

From Literature