Examples of staging ground in a Sentence
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The first weekend is also the staging ground for more parties and activations outside of the festival, which means more influencer types.
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Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Bundles of books were flown to the Anzio beachhead, in Italy, dropped by parachute on remote Pacific islands, and stockpiled in warehouses in the spring of 1944, so that they could be shipped to the staging grounds for D Day.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
But before that ascent, the Toronto Film Festival and its early trials, tribulations and successes served as an essential staging ground for Egoyan’s later work.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
Israeli media have, for weeks now, been airing morale-boosting interviews with soldiers and reservists in staging grounds all across the country.
—Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2023
Until recently, the shady area under the bridge had been used by federal Border Patrol agents as a staging ground for detaining and processing large numbers of migrants.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Still, their performances at the hearing became the staging ground for blaming D.E.I. for the crises on campuses—as well as evidence that Gay, in particular, the first Black president of Harvard, lacked the qualifications to be in the job.
—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Belarus was a staging ground for Russian troops to launch their invasion of Ukraine a little over 13 months ago.
—Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
Following China’s intervention in the Korean War, for example, U.S. forces had the capability to conduct airstrikes across the border in Manchuria, which served as a staging ground for Chinese forces threatening to overwhelm U.S. troops on the peninsula.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
Vanessa Franko, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Bundles of books were flown to the Anzio beachhead, in Italy, dropped by parachute on remote Pacific islands, and stockpiled in warehouses in the spring of 1944, so that they could be shipped to the staging grounds for D Day.
—Claudia Roth Pierpont, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
But before that ascent, the Toronto Film Festival and its early trials, tribulations and successes served as an essential staging ground for Egoyan’s later work.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
Israeli media have, for weeks now, been airing morale-boosting interviews with soldiers and reservists in staging grounds all across the country.
—Neri Zilber, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2023
Until recently, the shady area under the bridge had been used by federal Border Patrol agents as a staging ground for detaining and processing large numbers of migrants.
—J. David Goodman, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Still, their performances at the hearing became the staging ground for blaming D.E.I. for the crises on campuses—as well as evidence that Gay, in particular, the first Black president of Harvard, lacked the qualifications to be in the job.
—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2024
Belarus was a staging ground for Russian troops to launch their invasion of Ukraine a little over 13 months ago.
—Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
Following China’s intervention in the Korean War, for example, U.S. forces had the capability to conduct airstrikes across the border in Manchuria, which served as a staging ground for Chinese forces threatening to overwhelm U.S. troops on the peninsula.
—Andrew F. Krepinevich, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
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“Staging ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/staging%20ground. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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