colonial

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José Manuel Albares, the Spanish foreign minister, recognized that Spanish colonial actions had caused “injustice and pain” for Indigenous Mexican communities.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 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

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026

Mindy and Joseph Mevorah own an 88-year-old colonial in Sands Point, a New York City suburb with plenty of old homes that is often considered an inspiration for “The Great Gatsby.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

Nothing could be further from the non-contact European court dances with which the colonial sugar-cane and coffee-plantation owners had wiled away their evenings before Cuban independence.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall