secession
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Secession is not the ultimate goal of the initiative, Burum said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2022
The South China Morning Post reported one excerpt on the protests reading: "Secession and subversion against the government were advocated in some of those activities posting a threat to national sovereignty, security and interests."
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2022
Asked about Alabama’s 1861 Articles of Secession that says Alabama wanted to form a new government with other slave states, Holmes replied, “I’ve never seen that. Do you have proof of that?”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2021
“I had people reaching out to buy a piece of art to save my gallery,” said Eden Stein, owner of Secession Art and Design in San Francisco, which sells the works of about 70 creators.
From Washington Times • Feb. 23, 2021
We have heard them threaten to secede so often that I formed an enthusiastic organization— The American Friends for Texas Secession.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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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