colonial

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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

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

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

"Many of Sydney's early colonial buildings are held together with oyster shell."

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

They are not in the position of the Africans, who are attempting to reclaim their land and break the colonial yoke and recover from the colonial experience.

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin