colonies
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They point out that “solar farm” is a misnomer because the land — an alluvial plane with Yucca colonies dating back hundreds of years, creosote rhizomatic rings even longer — will be scraped and fenced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
If they cannot find enough food, larvae develop more slowly, colonies grow less strongly and fewer new queens may be produced for the following year.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
The Bank of England made the British Empire the mightiest in the world, but the North American colonies remained a financial backwater as they struggled to assert their independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The Ile-de-France region, which includes Paris, is home to large communities of working-class immigrants from the country’s former colonies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The British withdrew from the fight to maintain their thirteen colonies in 1783.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
