colonies
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The Ile-de-France region, which includes Paris, is home to large communities of working-class immigrants from the country’s former colonies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The right to have guns for self-defense arose in England and came to the American colonies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Honeybees typically nest above ground in hollow trees or managed hives, and their colonies usually contain between 30,000 and 60,000 bees.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
When researchers built Biosphere 2 in Arizona to prototype colonies on the moon or Mars, trees grown within the sealed environment kept falling over.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The separatist governments of the New York and Pennsylvania colonies offered rangers for the project.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
