client state
Example Sentences
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Moscow claimed Iran as a strategic ally and Syria as a client state, which hosted Russia’s only naval base in the Mediterranean.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
The ancient city was the capital of an Arab client state of the Roman Empire that briefly rebelled and carved out its own kingdom in the third century, led by Queen Zenobia.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023
Evidence suggests that at some point during the Augustan period, Kush was a client state of the Roman Empire.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Belarus, a close Russian client state that’s been the base of some operations in Ukraine, may have also been asked for troops but hasn’t yet committed any; China, too, has been asked for support.
From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2022
When their client state in Kabul collapsed, what ensued was years of bitter civil war that destroyed many of the cities, and led to the rise to power of the Taliban in 1996.
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2017
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
