battle station
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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“When they said, ‘Man your battle stations,’ my battle station was the throttle,” he said.
From New York Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
How many people will ditch Netflix for Bob Iger’s moon-sized battle station of branded content?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2019
It remained his battle station for months to follow.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 12, 2019
He got up and ran to his battle station in the turret, which had huge 14-inch guns to fire at enemy ships.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2016
At this time every one of the Anglo-American ships was at her battle station, turrets were fully manned, and all preparations made for treachery at the last minute.
From Our Navy in the War by Perry, Lawrence
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