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staging post

n
(Aeronautics) a place where a journey is usually broken, esp a stopover on a flight
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staging post

[ˈsteɪdʒɪŋˌpəʊst] ntappa obbligata
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Mr Blunkett was travelling to Paris for a second round of talks with French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy, with discussions pivoting on the Red Cross camp used by thousands of illegal immigrants as a staging post to Britain.