secession
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This was what Lincoln, his most powerful reader, retrieved during the Union’s death struggle with secession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Hahn was under fire from voters in South L.A., who criticized him for ousting Parks as police chief, and in the San Fernando Valley, where he had successfully defeated a secession movement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
The judge stated Alberta’s secession would impact indigenous communities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
"Alberta's secession cannot happen without First Nation consent to change a party to Treaty No. 8," the lawsuit stated.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026
In one of the houses drawling conspirators had planned the secession from the Union; in another, Sherman himself had slept after his long march to the sea.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
This process of breaking off is known as secession, and school secessions have become fairly common.
From New York Times ● Sep. 6, 2017
Esperanto saw no end of sects, schisms, secessions, coups.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 24, 2016
In many cases, these secessions occurred after extremely divided conventions and popular votes.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
Recent years have seen a number of peaceful secessions, such as the “velvet divorce” between the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
From Slate ● Jul. 3, 2014
And many Black African countries feared that an independent Biafra would trigger other secessions and so supported Nigeria.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing secession
American History I
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The American Civil War
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Human Geography - Middle School
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