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republican

[ri-puhb-li-kuhn] / rɪˈpʌb lɪ kən /


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"He will also pay tribute to and thank the internal security forces that helped restore republican order," the presidency said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

The meeting with the leader of Plaid Cymru - a pro-independence party rooted in a strong republican tradition - marked a significant and symbolic moment.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

"I restate the Eiffel Tower's commitment to republican values and to the equality of men and women."

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

And as Wood explains in his great book, “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” these ideas would spread and unleash the republican spirit of free men and women who built America.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Anyone who favored a strong executive was vulnerable to the charge of being a quasi-monarchist, and therefore a traitor to the republican principles of the American Revolution.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

That leaves many Irish republicans in an unexpected position.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026

And finding an elected President who could unite Scotland England Wales and Northern Ireland would, I suspect, be a good deal harder than some republicans think.

From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025

The barrister also asked Mr Adams about meetings with UK government representatives which he had attended with other senior republicans in 1972 in an effort to negotiate an agreement following an IRA truce.

From BBC ● May 2, 2025

Militant Irish republicans had been paying close attention to Carson’s tactics — which anticipated Mao Zedong’s maxim about the source of political power — and would eagerly emulate his example in the years ahead.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024

The naval revolt collapsed in March, 1894: some of the ironclads escaped from Rio harbour and fled to Santa Catharina, where they were captured by the republicans.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Thomas C. Dawson


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