empire
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Since last year, when the RSF overran parts of Darfur and Kordofan, the militia has commandeered the gum trade, integrating it into its smuggling empire and further starving government coffers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
For a woman who Hollywood exiles into the Nevada desert, only for her to build an empire and return to Los Angeles to conquer the industry, besting cancer should be a cinch.
From Salon • May 29, 2026
The collapse of his empire left policyholders in legal limbo for years, unable to access their funds.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Fu lived in American communities but sought to use mind control and esoteric sciences to bring down the Western empire.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
The basic history of the empire was known well enough by the time Dobyns began reading the old colonial accounts.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing empire
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, "A Date That Will Live In Infamy" (1941)
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Political Geography - Middle School
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