Collocations for "stronghold"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "stronghold" in context.
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stronghold
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- the [state, town] is a [Democratic, Republican] stronghold
- is a [Democratic] stronghold in the [South]
- is a stronghold for [progressive thought, innovation]
- is a stronghold of [communism, liberalism]
- a [castle, mountain] stronghold
- a stronghold in the mountains
- one of the last [Axis, Allied] strongholds
- [took, defeated, surrounded, lost] the stronghold
- attacked the [enemy, rebel] stronghold
- [a political, a military, an insurgent] stronghold
- has a [business, market, sector] stronghold