colonial
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What they did share was a brutal colonial past, and a longing to achieve economic self-determination.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
L.A.’s roots in colonial agriculture run long and deep.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
For eight years, forces led by France, the former colonial power, contained the Islamists.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Many in the US have an instinctive hostility to what they see as a colonial hangover and the desire to maintain influence in Latin America.
From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026
In a series of publications that stretched to the 1970s, the two men combed through colonial financial, census, and land records.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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