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These were followed by the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Quebec separatist Bloc Quebecois.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025 -
The separatists attacked the train carrying about 450 people Tuesday in a tunnel in a remote part of southwestern Balochistan province.—
Abdul Sattar and Munir Ahmed,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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The base was originally named for Lt. Gen. Henry Benning, a Confederate general and Southern secessionist who opposed freeing slaves.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Monuments to old secessionists and segregationists had fallen across the country.—
Charles King,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2021
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In off-beat, often hilarious footage shared at CinemaCon by DiCaprio and his co-stars Regina Hall and Teyana Taylor, DiCaprio’s character struggles to remember the password that will bring a group of radicals to his assistance.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2025
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Perrin can’t go back to his hometown without running afoul of the radicals who’ve already tortured him once before, back in season one.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Separationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separationist. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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