colonial
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It saw it as replacing Spanish colonial rule with Moroccan and Mauritanian control.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Traditionally, former colonial powers have skirted the issue, expressing regret for the industrial-scale human trafficking but never apologizing for fear that admitting guilt will open the door to a wave of compensation claims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
On previous occasions, the King has used strong language, such as talking about his "greatest sorrow and regret" at the "abhorrent and unjustifiable acts of violence" of the colonial era on a visit to Kenya.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
His grandfather Lewis Morris became the colonial governor of New Jersey; his father, Lewis Morris Jr., was an admiralty court judge in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Nielsens’ home is a two-story colonial painted yellow with black shutters and a long slate walkway leading to the front door.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
Many Americans in this 250th year of independence will look back proudly on those colonials who rebelled against British taxation by dumping tea in Boston Harbor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
Stately, white colonials are on one block, while modest Spanish revivals sit on the next.
From Salon ● Apr. 11, 2025
The houses — in a mix of styles including split-levels and Dutch colonials — are on quarter-acre lots surrounded by mature trees and shrubs.
From Washington Post ● May 11, 2022
In western and southern 22207, new construction is beginning to overtake the postwar ranches, colonials, and split-levels built in the first wave of suburbanization.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2020
Fortunately there were all sorts and types of colonials.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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