stronghold
Example Sentences
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Previously found across the United States, they are now extinct or endangered in the east, with the western states forming their stronghold.
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The new locations are hitting strong sales quickly, suggesting the brand resonates well beyond its Western strongholds.
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Before and after the March bloodshed, authorities carried out a massive arrest campaign in predominantly Alawite areas, which are also former Assad strongholds.
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Mingling Cubism, Dada, abstraction, Constructivism and Surrealism, he occupied his own avant-garde stronghold.
Beyond Syria, Islamic State retains strongholds in parts of Africa and Asia.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
