colonial

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King Felipe's words marked the first time a Spanish monarch had publicly acknowledged abuses during the country's colonial era.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

The Philippines — with a long, if fraught colonial relationship to American pop culture — punches above its weight in music.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Sybilla Masters, who lived in colonial Pennsylvania, invented machinery that mechanized the time-consuming, arduous task of pounding corn by hand into usable meal or flour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

It’s worth noting that it was the American officials at the treaty’s drafting sessions who insisted on Article 6, so that the U.S. military would not get roped in to fight Europe’s colonial wars.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2026

“Our lot was eighty years of colonial rule,” she translated, and then she stopped.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver