colonies

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Missile defense systems, orbital data centers, asteroid mining and Mars colonies: The final frontier beckons with untold riches and glory that Rocket Lab and others are racing to claim.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Its independence from the French was proclaimed in 1804, just two decades after the American colonies signed the Treaty of Paris.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

"It is clear the seabird colonies of the Forth now face unprecedented challenges, most notably from wind turbines, pollution, overfishing and disease," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Rothschild, who had already spent years financing agricultural colonies in Ottoman Palestine, regarded Herzl as an energetic but naive dreamer ignorant of the difficult realities on the ground.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

One goal was to establish trade in goods produced in the colonies.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz