outpost

Example Sentences

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In “Moby-Dick,” Herman Melville describes Nantucket as an “ant hill in the sea,” an isolated outpost for whalers and drifters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026

Telephone Hill’s history is woven into the city’s identity, from its 1880s use as a Navy outpost to housing Alaska’s first commercial telephone company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Kronstadt is the main outpost of the Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Over the weekend, Israel announced that it had recaptured the outpost, built around 1137.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Two years later, Robben Island was without question the harshest, most iron-fisted outpost in the South African penal system.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela