outpost

Example Sentences

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Israeli media reported that damage was caused to four buildings in an outpost near the Israeli settlement of Itamar, in the north of the occupied West Bank, as a result of a missile interception.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

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

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Trendy Erewhon, the reigning Rolls-Royce of grocery stores, has fallen behind in rent payments for its Culver City outpost, its landlord says.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Her husband tried feeding their child scraps of leftover bread as families huddled in an unfinished building near the outpost, some without proper food for days.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Cornelis van Sommelsdijk, the castle’s absent lord, had helped establish a Labadist outpost across the ocean in South America: a lush, dangerous place called Surinam.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman