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Both countries may also have security concerns if their territories become staging grounds for attacks on Israel, said Alhasan.
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Musk put out a call for people to work with DOGE onlin, and turned the Washington, DC office of his company SpaceX into a staging ground for the entity while bringing in other major figures from Silicon Valley to assist in the effort.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2025
But the country is also a staging ground for competing Russian and Western interests, even more so since Russia invaded Ukraine and some Russians fled to Georgia to escape political repression.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
In June 2023, Putin said Russia had deployed some of its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, an ally that’s been a staging ground for Russian attacks on Ukraine.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
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Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 27 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Musk put out a call for people to work with DOGE onlin, and turned the Washington, DC office of his company SpaceX into a staging ground for the entity while bringing in other major figures from Silicon Valley to assist in the effort.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2025
But the country is also a staging ground for competing Russian and Western interests, even more so since Russia invaded Ukraine and some Russians fled to Georgia to escape political repression.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
In June 2023, Putin said Russia had deployed some of its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, an ally that’s been a staging ground for Russian attacks on Ukraine.
—Greg McKenna, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Staging ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/staging%20ground. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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