staging ground

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Recent Examples of staging ground By the 1960s, as the children of the first generation of GI Bill beneficiaries entered college, their campuses sometimes became a staging ground for intergenerational conflicts. Adrian Daub / Made By History, TIME, 3 Sep. 2024 Analysts say the region is a staging ground and logistics hub for the incursion. Illia Novikov and Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024 That has allowed Russia to use the border areas as safe staging grounds for offensives and missile attacks. Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 14 July 2024 To preclude the Soviets from using Norway as a forward staging ground, the U.S. Marine Corps also prepared to deploy quickly to that country and secure its airfields. Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr., Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for staging ground 

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“Staging ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staging%20ground. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.

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