Sentence examples for lesser outpost from inspiring English sources
Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqim), which for much of its history was seen as a lesser outpost of al-Qaida, has grown in size and capability, partly due to income from ransom payments which, according to an estimate in a recent New York Times investigation, have totalled at least £55.1m ($91.5m) since 2008.
The two countries cut off relations after the 1979 Iranian revolution, and each keeps only a lesser diplomatic outpost in the other's capital rather than a full embassy, even though most other Arab states — even Saudi Arabia, Iran's longtime rival — have restored full ties.
8 30 p.m. 8) EL BULLI LITE The celebrity chef Ferran Adrià of El Bulli fame has a lesser-known outpost about 25 minutes by taxi from the city center.
Before the conquistador Hernán Cortés plundered the riches of Mexico's Aztec empire, Spain established a thriving outpost here on one of the Lesser Antilles's most desolate islands, which is so dry that water supplies have to be imported from the mainland and nearby islands (as they were for Nueva Cádiz).
In recent years, American universities have been setting up outposts in nations where the opportunities for higher education are far narrower or of lesser caliber than in the United States, becoming, in effect, global universities.
Insurgents entered the outpost.
The outpost asked about jets.
Anything else is lesser".
