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Recent Examples of separatist
Harriet Marsden, theweek, 27 Dec. 2024
To achieve stability, any new Syrian government must guarantee Israel’s security from cross-border attacks by Islamist fighters and guarantee Turkey’s security and territorial integrity against Kurdish separatists.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Much of the latter two, which comprise of the wider Donbas region, had been controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014, the year that Moscow illegally annexed Crimea.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
New challenges have also emerged, from U.S. accusations about an Indian government employee’s involvement in a murder-for-hire plot on American soil and Indian annoyance about what New Delhi sees as an insufficient American response regarding Sikh separatist activities from the United States.
—Tanvi Madan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2024
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Chechen separatists have also attacked Russian planes in the past.
—Harriet Marsden, theweek, 27 Dec. 2024
To achieve stability, any new Syrian government must guarantee Israel’s security from cross-border attacks by Islamist fighters and guarantee Turkey’s security and territorial integrity against Kurdish separatists.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
Much of the latter two, which comprise of the wider Donbas region, had been controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014, the year that Moscow illegally annexed Crimea.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
New challenges have also emerged, from U.S. accusations about an Indian government employee’s involvement in a murder-for-hire plot on American soil and Indian annoyance about what New Delhi sees as an insufficient American response regarding Sikh separatist activities from the United States.
—Tanvi Madan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for separatist
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Despite many challenges like reducing oil dependency, ensuring political stability amid sectarian divides and managing environmental crises, the Sudani government must focus on protecting the state.—
James Durso,
The Hill,
16 Jan. 2025
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Armed Shi’ite and Sunni Muslims have engaged in tribal and sectarian rivalry for decades over a land dispute in Kurram district near the Afghanistan border.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
24 Nov. 2024
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Sherman, who had taken Atlanta in September, intended to defeat the Confederacy by inflicting on its heartland the terrible consequences of a war the Southern secessionists had begun.—
Brenda Wineapple,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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Make Deals, Not War What do secessionist movements in Cameroon, Nigeria and Somalia have in common?—
Ruth Maclean,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The potential members of a schismatic Catholic sect are located in areas of the world such as the United States, where the church has significant financial resources and assets, plus a wide array of independent Catholic institutions that operate largely outside the hierarchy of the church.—
Massimo Faggioli,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2018
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But Barzani’s setback only birthed a schismatic new cadre of Kurdish leaders.—
Behnam Ben Taleblu,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Nov. 2017
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“Separatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separatist. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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