colony

Example Sentences

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During Britain’s age of empire the Chagos were administered from Mauritius, also a British colony, which is around 1,300 miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal

Just over a year later, he died in the Polar Wolf penal colony above the Arctic Circle.

From BBC

Traces of epibatidine were found in samples from Navalny's body and highly likely resulted in his death in a Siberian penal colony two years ago, the UK Foreign Office said.

From BBC

What can he possibly mean by parading himself in our colonies and our possessions in the degrading position he occupies?'

From BBC

Monday marks two years since Navalny's death in an Arctic prison colony.

From Barron's