colonies
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“Being from Wisconsin, I wasn’t used to seeing colonies of stray cats everywhere because that’s a very real problem that’s going on in L.A.,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
The initiative comes as France is seeking to improve relations with Africa, particularly in former colonies with which it has prickly ties.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
In Mozambique, the isolated colonies are relatively safe from local Islamist violence affecting larger population centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
The largest circuit demonstrated in the study contained 24 interconnected bacterial colonies and was designed to add two inputs together.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
They’d started to see King George as a bully who didn’t care about the people who lived in the colonies.
From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis
