colony
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Diezani Alison-Madueke, 65, told Southwark Crown Court on Monday that she had "tried to push back on corruption" in a country plagued by it since the days it was a British colony.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
The former Portuguese colony is still struggling with the legacy of the civil war that followed independence in 1975.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Friday's meeting at the Vatican comes three days before Pope Leo visits the former French colony of Algeria, the first trip there by a pontiff.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 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
As I understand by report I am much charged with starving the colony, I did always give every man his allowance faithfully, both of corn, oil, aqua vitae, etc., as was by the council proportioned.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Vocabulary lists containing colony
American History I
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Ancient Greece - Introductory
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The Mayflower Compact (1620)
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