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secession

[si-sesh-uhn] / sɪˈsɛʃ ən /


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Brooks wouldn’t live to see the South’s secession.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 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

Downtown #Aden, where crowds have been calling for secession from #Yemen and solidarity with STC leader Aidarous Al Zubaidi.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

"The public mobilization we see in Catalonia inspires us," she told AFP, referring to the northeastern region of Spain that mounted a secession bid in 2017.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

There were chinch bugs and grasshoppers, months of drought, elections, slavery, secession, talk of war—the adult world of trouble, though, was not real enough to dim the goodness of an April morning.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt




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