outpost
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I had been expecting to reach her at an improbable desert outpost, like a Death Valley library with Wi-Fi, but instead reached her in Orange County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Founded in 2008 by Trevyn and Julian McGowan, the gallery opened a New York outpost this spring with a pair of shows that highlighted the breadth of its homeland’s creativity while extolling its culture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Astrobotic, Firefly Aerospace, and Intuitive Machines will deliver scientific instruments to the Moon as part of NASA's growing Moon Base Program, which aims to create the first long-term outpost on another world.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
Andy Burnham has discussed the idea of a new Downing Street outpost in Manchester being run by the future deputy prime minister, the Financial Times reports.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The abbey is fortified and in its time has been an outpost against the Vikings, the French, the English, and the Bretons.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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None of the outposts we approached around al-Mughayyir responded to our request for an interview.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
With new facilities and a tram network to help people get around, national and international businesses began setting up outposts in Manchester, says Swinney.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The shuttered Hello Kitty experiment animated yet another challenge in scaling raves across Dave & Buster’s many outposts: the sense that these parties are once-in-a-lifetime events that can’t be missed.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
His family’s biggest extravagance was a trip to Applebee’s, the American chain restaurant that once had outposts in the Netherlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
It was deserted—the outposts were only active in the spring—and little more than a round lodge made of bone, sod, and animal skins.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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