colonies
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He noted how sea voyages had enabled Western countries to open new routes, expand overseas colonies, control trade and become world powers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Raman began working with slum dwellers’ organizations in Delhi, first trying to stop the evictions and later documenting conditions in the resettlement colonies, pushing for running water and better sanitation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
The programme will "not shy away from 'the darkest days of our past', as His Majesty has described them," a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said, ahead of the tour of the former colonies.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
After producing tetraploid cells from human cancer cells and establishing colonies derived from individual cells, he noticed that the resulting groups were not all the same size.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
The man started talking about the British East India Company and the taxation problems the colonies had been having, and I finally knew where I was in history.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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