battle station
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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He had been looking forward to going ashore that evening but soon found himself running to his battle station, passing munitions from the magazine room to the anti-aircraft guns on the deck.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2024
“When they said, ‘Man your battle stations,’ my battle station was the throttle,” he said.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021
Kids sent to an orbital battle station to train for the next alien invasion are pitted against one another in teams: “Lord of the Flies” meets Hogwarts with laser tag substituting for magic.
From Washington Post • Oct. 4, 2021
It remained his battle station for months to follow.
From Washington Times • Aug. 12, 2019
This area was to be the Battalion's battle station for several months to come, and many times were the companies to repeat the journey they had just completed.
From The Story of the "9th King's" in France by Roberts, Enos Herbert Glynne
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