separatist
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Carney said he had spoken Tuesday to Quebec's incoming separatist premier, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, a 49-year-old lawyer known by his initials, PSPP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
India, too, knows that stable ties with Bangladesh are vital to security in its north-east, where several ethnic separatist groups operate.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Satluj is inspired by the life of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra, who investigated allegations of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings during Punjab's separatist insurgency - and then he himself disappeared.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
But in the wake of the Gorton and Denton by-election in February she said it was "appalling that separatist campaigning was carried out in Urdu by the Green Party".
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
To win the Cherokees to their side, British authorities provided weaponry and money, while separatist representatives threatened the towns with complete destruction if they did not remain neutral.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
When a judge dealt another blow to separatists in May, Smith appealed the ruling and called the referendum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
He began as a lieutenant and rose through the ranks, shooting to nationwide fame during the war with Russia-backed separatists in 2014.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
While she is correct that the separatists who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620 eschewed the pejorative term Puritan, she errantly suggests that they called themselves Pilgrims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Mali's authorities also said they had partnered with the armed forces in neighbouring Niger and Burkina Faso to carry out air strikes against the jihadists and separatists.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
With the approval of the Continental Congress, three armies were mustered to launch an offensive against the Seneca and any other Indigenous nation that opposed the separatists.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Canada - Introductory
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