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republic

[ri-puhb-lik] / rɪˈpʌb lɪk /


NOUN
nation
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The soldier, a native of the ex-Soviet republic of Uzbekistan who gave his name only as Bakhtiyor, said he walked 13 miles circuitously to reach a point located 4 miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

London and Paris have both dispatched vessels to the region, as part of international efforts to secure the strategic waterway after a peace deal between the United States and the Islamic republic.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

“They’re afraid that drones can fly over Red Square,” he said at a diplomatic summit in Armenia, an ex-Soviet republic that has traditionally been in Moscow’s sphere in influence.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

The Wall Street Journal said he had told national security officials to prepare for a long blockade to compel the Islamic republic to give up its nuclear programme.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

The Compromise of 1790 is most famous for averting a political crisis that many statesmen of the time considered a threat to the survival of the infant republic.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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