freeborn

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Recent Examples of freeborn The site will also showcase regional heroes of the Underground Railroad, including the work of Smith, a freeborn woman with African American heritage who spent 21 years of her life as Stevens’ house manager and confidante (and, some speculate, his common-law wife). Tracy Schorn, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023 Some thralls were born into slavery because both of their parents were enslaved, or a freeborn man who had impregnated their enslaved mother declined to acknowledge the child. Neil Price, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2020 The early republican army was one of freeborn citizens, and even after the Marian reforms which opened up the army to the proletariat the Roman legions were draw from the citizenry. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 6 Jan. 2013 Phalanx warfare was so common in ancient Greece that most freeborn males took part in it many times. James Romm, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021 Robert—a man born in Africa, enslaved in America, and now a free farmer—and his freeborn African-American herbalist wife, Mary, had worked diligently to ensure this security for themselves and their children. Janet Barber, Scientific American, 9 Nov. 2021
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Adjective
  • Here are the risks and rewards, according to a strategist Share Donald Trump wants a sovereign wealth fund.
    Jackie Snow, Quartz, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Her reign lasted for 70 years and 214 days – second only to France's King Louis XIV among European sovereign states, according to Sky History's website.
    Peter Burke, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2025
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  • By taking these actions, the FCC is ignoring that Congress set us up to act as an independent agency.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
  • The organization is an independent bureau within the Federal Reserve System.
    Laurel Wamsley, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
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  • In 1992, the first free elections in Iraq’s history were held in the Kurdish autonomous zone.
    Sefa Secen & Serhun Al / Made by History, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The car-sized FLEX — which will be able to carry two astronauts or operate in autonomous mode — will touch down on the moon for the first time aboard a SpaceX Starship lander as soon as late 2026.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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  • For the other man, meanwhile, those initially disorientating dreams cue a release from the strictures of masculine expectations and self-image, demonstrated through his increasingly liberated performances in a local choir.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Its protagonist subsequently became a cultural phenomenon, a symbol of the modern British woman and an international example of liberated women everywhere.
    H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 12 Feb. 2025
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  • That temporary restraining order came one day after a federal judge in Baltimore temporarily blocked the executive order in response to a separate lawsuit filed on behalf of families with transgender or nonbinary children.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 17 Feb. 2025
  • In a separate note on Monday, analysts at Germany’s Mwb Research upgraded their price target for Hensoldt to 45 euros ($47.12) per share from 43 euros per share, but downgraded the stock from a buy to a hold.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2025
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  • The series, which includes eight iterations with options for freestanding and semi-freestanding designs and one- to three-person sizes, was the brand’s longest and most expensive design project to date.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 7 July 2021
  • Certain aspects of the renovation were set in stone: the color palette was predetermined, and Hoese was firm on adding a freestanding tub.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 28 May 2020
Adjective
  • Administration officials heralded the law as liberation from the constant vulnerability of relying on chip-makers in Taiwan, a self-governing island only 100 miles off the Chinese coast that is claimed by Beijing.
    Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Taiwan, a self-governing island that Beijing claims as its territory, is under growing pressure from China, which has not ruled out using force to seize control.
    Dan De Luce, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2023
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  • The ratification announcement was the culmination of a decade-long effort by American Single Malt producers to legitimize a style of whiskey that was self-governed and, for all intents and purposes, already standardized.
    Chris Perugini, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Local nonprofit Safe Ground Sacramento was responsible for operating the camp, which was self-governed by residents.
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024

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