colony

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Mr. Ozon’s star is the appropriately stone-faced Benjamin Voisin as Meursault, who like Camus is an ethnically French citizen of Algeria, which for more than a century was a French colony.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

This means the queens live that long too - because as soon as she dies, the colony collapses and any surviving workers will look for another nest.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

In the U.S., annual colony losses have ranged from 40 to 50% in recent years and could reach as high as 60 to 70% in 2025.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

Nigeria is a former British colony and London is home to a huge Nigerian diaspora.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

Pocahontas, her husband John Rolfe, and their son Thomas, were taken to England by Sir Thomas Dale to promote the James Town colony and help Dale get financial assistance.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone