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colony

[kol-uh-nee] / ˈkɒl ə ni /


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The reserve is home to the county's only breeding grey seal colony and major haul-out site, a spot where seals come to shore for rest.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

A politician named Adolf Hitler Uunona attracted similar attention in 2020 after winning local elections in Namibia - a former German colony where Adolf and other Germanic first names are not uncommon.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The museum believes the woman in its portrait was a young enslaved woman from a Dutch colony in Guyana.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Schmidt said the first major clue appeared in 2014, when a colony of genetically engineered mice survived under conditions that, according to scientific understanding at the time, should have been fatal.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026

When Father Monaghan steps out of his car and explores the colony, he’s immediately horrified by what he sees.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Most of the world was now divided by fixed borders into independent states and their colonies, and international respect for those borders was growing.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

Trees occupied by wasps also consistently had much smaller ant colonies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Foran said that at the time, the colonies that later became Canada relied on Great Britain and its Royal Navy for its defence, as well as indigenous peoples who served as generals in major battles.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Charles, 77, who is still receiving treatment for cancer, will visit former colonies that are now independent from Britain and are members of the British Commonwealth.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

“That book in the library. By Dr. Eastman. He wrote it in Louisiana. Carville, Louisiana. How many leper colonies can there be in just one town?” she said.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk


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