territorial
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Risks around Saudi Arabia’s western export route have increased as Iran-backed Houthi militants expand their territorial gains around the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Oil prices rose in early European trading Tuesday as the shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline and recent territorial gains by Houthi militants in Yemen kept concerns over Middle East crude supplies elevated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Negotiators from Moscow and Kyiv last met for US-mediated talks in Geneva in February, but did not reach an agreement on territorial issues.
From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026
Argentine forces landed on the Falklands to stake a territorial claim in 1982, sparking a 74-day war over the territory as a British military task force ejected them.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
“It hardly matters. Annabeth is very territorial about her friends, in case you haven’t noticed. She was quite worried about you. And now that you’re back, I think she suspects where you were marooned.”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Twenty-eight of the Skye territorials lived within sight of Portree harbour.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2014
At the tables handsome flying Johnnies, naval Jacks in full dress, guardsmen, territorials, and just plain civics sat making conversational love.
From Time Magazine Archive
That would give Italy 600,000 men under arms, not counting territorials.
From Time Magazine Archive
Britain now has 827,000 men & women in uniform, counting the regular army, navy and air force, plus draftees and territorials.
From Time Magazine Archive
The territorials who are in charge of them say that they were much more lively at first.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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