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depots

  • plural
    of depot.
    depot
    noun
    a railroad station.

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Airports remain closed or severely disrupted across much of North America, while railways, freight depots and farms struggle to operate.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

But while batteries can be bought quickly, the radars, data links, trained crews and repair depots that make a defense function cannot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Israel has repeatedly accused Hamas of using civilian infrastructure to conceal weapons and fighters, and said it had destroyed arms depots across Gaza.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

The principles in the roadmap and the document seen by the BBC say: "A process shall begin to inventory and store heavy weapons, military production sites, weapons depots, and tunnels".

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Their houses and barns and haystacks, and the unsuspected secret passages inside the big farmhouses, were called depots and stations.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry