republic
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It reveals the true continuity of sacrifice required to sustain this republic, beyond the written framework of its founding documents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
In the 1980s, Iraq's late ruler Saddam Hussein, who repressed the Shia population, went to war with the Islamic republic.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
At the weekend, Bardella told supporters: "I want to reiterate my total support, my total friendship, and that I'm committed to her in politics, to see her elected president of the republic."
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
San Marino, a tiny republic surrounded on all sides by Italy, still uses governing documents that date back to the 1600s.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2026
He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Note: Regions consists of republics, krais, oblasts, cities of federal importance, and autonomous okrugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The spreadsheet shows that Suozzi shared his table with four guests invited by Doug Burleigh, a longtime Fellowship leader focused on Russia, Ukraine, and other former Soviet republics.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
Most Spanish American republics had ended slavery or implemented gradual emancipation measures as early as 1811, with final abolition in place by the mid-1850s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026
The five former Soviet republics of Central Asia -- Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan -- had feared the Taliban takeover would lead to the spread of radical Islamism in the region.
From Barron's ● Dec. 3, 2025
All states and all dominions that have had and continue to have power over men have been, and still are, either republics or principalities.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
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Vocabulary lists containing republic
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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