colonies

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Colonies receiving the enriched diet produced up to 15 times more larvae that reached the pupal stage compared with those on standard diets.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Wall panels remind us of the Townshend Acts, the Tea Act and the Boston Massacre, all seminal events that led the Colonies to eventually break away from Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

By the late 1770s, the Revolution in what is known as the Middle Colonies had become a brutal civil war.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2025

The four were indicted in 2011 on multiple charges stemming from a land dispute between the county and Colonies Partners.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2025

But she’ll never be sent to the Colonies, she’ll never be declared Unwoman.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood