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outpost

[out-pohst] / ˈaʊtˌpoʊst /
NOUN
remote station
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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

"People are trooping to the Hakimpur border check-post since Tuesday after hearing that crossover to Bangladesh is possible from this outpost," senior state police official Subrata Saha told AFP at the site.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

Starting next month, passengers catching morning flights out of Boston Logan International Airport will be able to go through a Transportation Security Administration screening outpost in Framingham, Mass., rather than a terminal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The story was not revealed in full until 2001, when a storm uprooted a tree in the ruin of Dos Pilas, a Mutal outpost.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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