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
In 1791 George resettled in the British colony of Sierra Leone, on Africa’s west coast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 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
The colony was located inside a dead tree standing about eight meters above the forest floor.
From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026
Asked one ordinary Congo afternoon what she'd done with her day, Hugh's mother answered that she and a fellow member of the Ladies' Club had visited a leper colony on the outskirts of Kinshasa.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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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