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Belarus has acted as a staging ground for the invasion of Ukraine.—Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026 Miller said the administration can rely on regional allies and partners for staging grounds, but Washington would need to ask for basing permission and overflight permissions, something the presence of an aircraft carrier in international waters would sidestep.—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2026 In December 2014 Oleg Ostapenko, then head of Roscosmos, said the agency was considering a high-latitude station that would allow observation of most of Russia’s territory and could potentially serve as a staging ground for future lunar missions.—Ilya Ferapontov, Scientific American, 29 Dec. 2025 Protesters gathered outside of Coast Guard Island in Alameda in October after news broke that federal agents were planning to use the site as a staging ground for immigration operations.—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for staging ground