secede

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Decades ago, her optical nerve had begun to secede from the lining of her left eye.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2024

Sikh Americans have wide-ranging opinions on whether Sikhs should secede from India.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2023

In 1988, inside the roiling Soviet landscape, the enclave’s ethnic Armenian majority chose to secede from one Soviet republic, Azerbaijan, and unite with another, Armenia.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2023

March 16, 1995, The Seattle Times: “Way to secede may get easier for West Seattle — Senate passes bill to change rules.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 12, 2023

Maryland, although it did not secede from the Union and join the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War, remained a hotbed of secessionists.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson