separatist
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The country is also mired in multiple security crises -- from jihadists, non-ideological "bandit" gangs, farmers and herders fighting over land, and a simmering separatist conflict.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
But Pakistan's least-developed province grapples with a growing separatist insurgency, which has also targeted mining investments by China.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
India, too, knows that stable ties with Bangladesh are vital to security in its north-east, where several ethnic separatist groups operate.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
But in the wake of the Gorton and Denton by-election in February she said it was "appalling that separatist campaigning was carried out in Urdu by the Green Party".
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
To win the Cherokees to their side, British authorities provided weaponry and money, while separatist representatives threatened the towns with complete destruction if they did not remain neutral.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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Stimson was previously jailed in the UK in 2015 for joining pro-Russian separatists in the east of Ukraine.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
When a judge dealt another blow to separatists in May, Smith appealed the ruling and called the referendum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
While she is correct that the separatists who traveled on the Mayflower in 1620 eschewed the pejorative term Puritan, she errantly suggests that they called themselves Pilgrims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
The two strikes came less than a fortnight after a large-scale, coordinated offensive by jihadists and separatists on junta positions, which plunged the west African country into a fresh security crisis.
From Barron's ● May 7, 2026
Neutrality was the most the separatists could hope for, given their history of attacking the Cherokee.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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