secession
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Hahn was under fire from voters in South L.A., who criticized him for ousting Parks as police chief, and in the San Fernando Valley, where he had successfully defeated a secession movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
The cry of “no taxation without representation” was heard, and talk of secession spread.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
"Alberta's secession cannot happen without First Nation consent to change a party to Treaty No. 8," the lawsuit stated.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
Yet as commander in chief, wisely comprehending that no war to save the Union could be waged, much less won, exclusively by Republicans, Lincoln sought out Democrats to help battle secession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
President Lincoln would not accept secession; he hoped to reunite the country without resorting to war.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Then Haikala wrote that if Gardendale splintered off, it would hurt the desegregation of the larger district, just as other secessions had.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017
Esperanto saw no end of sects, schisms, secessions, coups.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 24, 2016
In many cases, these secessions occurred after extremely divided conventions and popular votes.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
A small group of self-parodying college professors wrote proposals for possible secessions.
From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2012
And many Black African countries feared that an independent Biafra would trigger other secessions and so supported Nigeria.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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American History I
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