laagers

Definition of laagersnext
plural of laager, South African

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Noun
  • Hours later, Kabul claimed its air force responded by targeting military installations near Islamabad, Pakistan's capital, and in northwestern Pakistan.
    MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Today's order will strengthen America's oil supply and restore a pipeline system vital to our national security and defense, ensuring that West Coast military installations have the reliable energy critical to military readiness.
    CBS News, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Another is the location of the school — next to a base of the Revolutionary Guard in Hormozgan province and close to a barracks for its naval brigade.
    Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Although originally built as a military post housing garrisons sent to quell the Jacobite uprisings, the beautiful town today has a happier purpose.
    Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026
  • But the attacks continue, extending fuel shortages to large swathes of central and southern Mali and isolating garrisons of government forces.
    Tim Lister, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • That goes for basketball and football camps, too.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Refugees waiting in camps for food and shelter.
    Sarah Al Asmar, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Reading the flood of comments that piled up underneath the posts, I was horrified to see how many expressed solidarity with the chef rather than with his victims.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Turkey’s Defense Ministry said in January that Turkey had hardened its border with Iran by adding 236 miles of concrete walls, 203 optical towers and 43 observation posts.
    Sam McNeil, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Then, from the early nineties through 2022 the Israeli government largely supported the establishment of a hundred and eighty-seven unauthorized outposts.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The Sacramento International Airport launched outposts of three local restaurants and a first-of-its-kind cafe and market concept Thursday as part of its major dining overhaul project.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Even though the border was relatively quiet for years, Israel also prepared for the next war with Hezbollah, gathering intelligence and building its own fortifications.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the deadly strike was caused by an Iranian weapon that made it through both air defenses and the operations center's fortifications.
    CBS News, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Surface tanks are targets; subsurface reservoirs are fortresses.
    Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • France believed its Maginot Line of fortresses was impregnable – until the Germans simply went around it.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Laagers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laagers. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.

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