client state
Example Sentences
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Wahunsonacock, the leader of the Powhatan confederacy that dominated Chesapeake Bay, initially believed he could mold the English newcomers into a client state, and so tolerated their growing presence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
The ancient city was the capital of an Arab client state of the Roman Empire that briefly rebelled and carved out its own kingdom in the third century, led by Queen Zenobia.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
Evidence suggests that at some point during the Augustan period, Kush was a client state of the Roman Empire.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Tiso led the clero-fascist Slovak State, a client state of Nazi Germany, between 1939 and 1945.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2022
When their client state in Kabul collapsed, what ensued was years of bitter civil war that destroyed many of the cities, and led to the rise to power of the Taliban in 1996.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2017
