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Consequently no Conference of the Powers met even to register the fait accompli in Bosnia.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EUROPEAN NATIONS, 1870-1914 (5TH ED.)JOHN HOLLAND ROSE
Thus he made sure that this act of self-jurisdiction should be as nearly as possible a fait accompli.
BARCHESTER TOWERSANTHONY TROLLOPE
It might be argued that Baird did not intend to propose a new name, but that he did so is a fait accompli.
COMMENTS ON THE TAXONOMY AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF SOME NORTH AMERICAN MARSUPIALS, INSECTIVORES AND CARNIVORESE. RAYMOND HALL
At all events he realized that he had crossed the Rubicon and that he had better acquiesce in the fait accompli.
DIARY OF A U-BOAT COMMANDERANONYMOUS
Rupture in diplomatic relations between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, he said, was a fait accompli.
THE STORY OF THE GREAT WAR, VOLUME I (OF 8)VARIOUS
When these pretexts were thus disposed of, they relied on the fact that the Annexation was a fait accompli.
A CENTURY OF WRONGF. W. REITZ
No protest was made; and the fait accompli was duly accepted by the Powers (May 23).
HISTORY OF HOLLANDGEORGE EDMUNDSON
By the European Governments it was accepted speedily as a fait accompli.
SECRET HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH OCCUPATION OF EGYPTWILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT
Six weeks after that, however, England confronted Germany with the fait accompli of a life-and-death struggle.
NEW YORK TIMES CURRENT HISTORY; THE EUROPEAN WAR, VOL 2, NO. 4, JULY, 1915VARIOUS
Helen's own friends, I discovered, had passed from teasing to regard us as a fait accompli, and thereafter held their peace.
I WALKED IN ARDENJACK CRAWFORD

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