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republican

[ri-puhb-li-kuhn] / rɪˈpʌb lɪ kən /


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The difficulty is finding a way to minimize their capacity to control territory without trampling republican values.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

"I restate the Eiffel Tower's commitment to republican values and to the equality of men and women."

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

Earlier, a police operation targeting dissident republican activity had been carried out nearby.

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026

These include the former Scottish Socialist leader Tommy Sheridan, a committed republican, and late SNP leader Alex Salmond, who had a bit more time for the royals.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

And character mattered because the fate of the American experiment with republican government still required virtuous leaders to survive.

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

The term "dissident republicans" describes a range of individuals who do not accept the Good Friday Agreement - the 1998 peace deal which ended the worst of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026

That leaves many Irish republicans in an unexpected position.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

The barrister also asked Mr Adams about meetings with UK government representatives which he had attended with other senior republicans in 1972 in an effort to negotiate an agreement following an IRA truce.

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

Militant Irish republicans had been paying close attention to Carson’s tactics — which anticipated Mao Zedong’s maxim about the source of political power — and would eagerly emulate his example in the years ahead.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024

Whatever may have been his sympathies for the republicans, in his opinion France was not ready for a complete change in her system of government.

From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard


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