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

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

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

Franklin’s ancestors may have emigrated from Europe to escape oppressive rules, but colonial societies were still vastly more coercive and class- ridden than indigenous villages.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann