staging area

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Embassy staff hostages nearly 46 years ago—had failed dramatically after a series of mishaps, punctuated by a fiery crash at a desert staging area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

There was a contingency plan: Three smaller planes carrying specialized teams later made their way to the remote staging area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

DHS told the BBC that the guarded area is home to one of their offices and authorities were using it "as a staging area and rioters found it".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2025

Last week, protesters gathered at the staging area off Topanga Canyon Boulevard wearing white hazmat suits and carrying signs that read, “Protect Topanga” and “No toxic debris at Topanga Lagoon.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

Johnson put on a surgical scrub suit and rubber gloves, and carried the box into the Level 3 staging area of the Ebola suite, where he opened the box, revealing a mass of foam peanuts.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston