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“People really did think it was a political stronghold,” Sismondo says.

A Shiite stronghold wrapped in a Sunni explosive belt—not exactly a picture of stability.

Two years ago, lawmakers in this staunch pro-labor stronghold passed anti-union right-to-work laws.

On August 21, rockets struck in the east and west of the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, at the time a rebel stronghold.

In Diyarbakır, a PKK stronghold, protestors defied orders to remain indoors.

During the whole day there was an incessant fusillade, the rebelsʼ chief stronghold being the Recoleto Convent.

In its best days it combined a military stronghold with the conveniences and artistic effects of a palace.

Then with myself and a dozen of his best warriors, he turned his face again toward the Jivro stronghold.

He had the proud feeling of a victorious general who demands the last stronghold to surrender.

This royal stronghold served as a prison or dungeon, according to popular tradition.