self-government
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The aspiring writer was not as active in the Home Rule campaign, which sought to restore self-government to Ireland, as some of his friends from student years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Those frustrations built until a 2009 self-government act, approved by three-quarters of Greenland voters, which charted a path for independence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Her grandfather signed a petition against Irish self-government in 1912, when the whole island was still part of the UK.
From BBC • Sep. 14, 2025
Her hands are tied by D.C.’s unique status under the Home Rule Act, which granted limited self-government to the District.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2025
Osborne’s shortcoming, as Lawes saw it, was that he gave prisoners too much self-government too fast—and that some of what he gave should never be given at all.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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