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When the Nationalist forces of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek first fled to Taiwan, Kinmen was fiercely defended as a vital staging post for eventually reclaiming China.
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Charlie Campbell / Taipei, TIME, 13 June 2024
There has been growing concerns that Belarus — a staunch backer of Moscow — could be used as a staging post to attack Ukraine from the north after increasing military activity in the country and fresh transfer of Russian troops there.
—Reuters, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2023
About another 50,000 have arrived from Ukraine and Belarus, whose leader Alexander Lukashenko, has made the country a staging post for Russia’s war.
—Evan Gershkovich, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
Seizure of the city would be key to blocking Ukraine’s access to the Sea of Azov and establishing a staging post for a westward push along the coast to the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014, and Odesa on the Black Sea.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Henry Chu and Kate Linthicum, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022
The British awards, known as the BAFTAs, are usually held a week or two before the Academy Awards and have become an important awards-season staging post.
—Jill Lawless, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2022
Ukrainian troops recaptured the nearby town of Baklanova Muraviika, which Russian troops could use as a staging post to move toward Kyiv.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022
Archaeologists say town was likely an important staging post for travelers and soldiers passing on their way to and from the Roman garrison at what is now Alchester, per BBC News.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Feb. 2022
The British awards are usually held a week or two before the Academy Awards and have become an important awards-season staging post.
—Author: Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2021
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Charlie Campbell / Taipei, TIME, 13 June 2024
There has been growing concerns that Belarus — a staunch backer of Moscow — could be used as a staging post to attack Ukraine from the north after increasing military activity in the country and fresh transfer of Russian troops there.
—Reuters, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2023
About another 50,000 have arrived from Ukraine and Belarus, whose leader Alexander Lukashenko, has made the country a staging post for Russia’s war.
—Evan Gershkovich, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
Seizure of the city would be key to blocking Ukraine’s access to the Sea of Azov and establishing a staging post for a westward push along the coast to the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014, and Odesa on the Black Sea.
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Henry Chu and Kate Linthicum, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022
The British awards, known as the BAFTAs, are usually held a week or two before the Academy Awards and have become an important awards-season staging post.
—Jill Lawless, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2022
Ukrainian troops recaptured the nearby town of Baklanova Muraviika, which Russian troops could use as a staging post to move toward Kyiv.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022
Archaeologists say town was likely an important staging post for travelers and soldiers passing on their way to and from the Roman garrison at what is now Alchester, per BBC News.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Feb. 2022
The British awards are usually held a week or two before the Academy Awards and have become an important awards-season staging post.
—Author: Jill Lawless, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Apr. 2021
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“Staging post.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging%20post. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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