colony
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The gannet colony was devastated by bird flu in 2022/23 but researchers have since said populations are recovering.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
Its first game against No. 14 Senegal — a longtime French colony — will be its toughest in group play.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
SpaceX’s plans, according to its recent regulatory filings, include asteroid mining and a colony on Mars.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Presumably Musk’s dreamed-of colony on Mars would have other job opportunities, too.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
This meant that slowly over time, the government would pay owners for their slaves, who would be freed and sent to a colony either in the American West or in Africa.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Vocabulary lists containing colony
American History I
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Ancient Greece - Introductory
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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