republican

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Opposition candidate Paul Hounkpe offered "republican congratulations" to finance minister Wadagni, 49, who had been widely tipped to win after being endorsed by outgoing leader Patrice Talon.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The Provisional IRA - the main armed republican paramilitary group for most of the Troubles - declared a ceasefire in the run up to the agreement and officially ended its violent campaign in 2005.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

During Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign, the longest in over 1,000 years of royal rule, republican forces opposing the crown were essentially invisible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

By 1787 Madison and the other Founders knew that the great challenge for a new constitution was to channel democratic energy into republican institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Since there had never been a republican chief executive, there was no readily available vocabulary to characterize such a creature, except the verbal traditions that had built up around European courts and kings.

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