exclave
Example Sentences
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Never before had so many people forced their way into the exclave in so little time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The crossings came after Spain's Supreme Court ruled that migrants stopped at sea while trying to reach Ceuta or Melilla, another Spanish exclave, cannot be summarily returned to Morocco.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for "united action" on border security after the chaotic influx of tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta last week.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Ceuta is closer yet, sitting on the North African coast, bordering Moroccan territory, as does another Spanish exclave, the city of Melilla.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Armenian leaders remain preoccupied by the long conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated exclave, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow.
From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
