colony

A former Portuguese colony in the Gulf of Guinea, the island nation of 200,000 inhabitants has a history marked by attempted coups including one in 2022 that was promptly thwarted by the military.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Morocco, a former French colony, has almost as many French-born players on its roster, six, as it does native Moroccans, seven.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Honeybees also travel much farther while foraging, sometimes covering distances of up to 10 km from the colony.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

"After the original printing on 4 July, the news of the Declaration is travelling fast around North America and its being reprinted as it reaches each successive colony," he told BBC News.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

I wonder if this is what Reverend Hunt means about making decisions out of love—love for our newfound Indian friends, love for our fragile New World colony.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

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

They compared honeybee and bumblebee colonies located side by side in Cambridgeshire, England, where soil contamination is generally considered low.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026

The researchers warned that as adult breeding birds drive population growth in colonies, the spike in deaths will have a long-term impact.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

It is one of 11 copies printed in Exeter, New Hampshire in July 1776 to spread news of American independence through the colonies before it was seized by British forces.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

In truth, the American colonies were as much a dumping ground as an escape, a forgetting place.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman