commonwealth

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“Few partnerships,” Kentucky’s current governor, Andy Beshear, said at Collins’s funeral, “can claim more widespread or impactful results for our commonwealth or our people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

The downturn is impacting different parts of the commonwealth, including Bardstown, Ky., a city of about 13,500 people south of Louisville.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

EDT Saturday in the commonwealth of bourbon and horse racing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2025

At the House of Commons on Tuesday, Liberal Democrat MP Will Forster asked Hamish Falconer, parliamentary under-secretary of state at the foreign, commonwealth and development office, about Sara's five siblings who remain in Pakistan.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2024

But when my father and Dr. King became colleagues and decided to bridge their two philosophies and unite the American commonwealth toward a greater goal, they both became tremendous threats to the status quo.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey