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This plunges Great Britain into a crisis the likes of which it has not been plunged into since “Brexit.”

Sharpe had read about the growing opposition to slavery in Great Britain and knew it was time to act, and on a large scale.

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He was partly educated in Great Britain, partly in South Africa.

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As they stopped on Farah—who, despite now being a Nike athlete, was required by United Kingdom Athletics to wear the Adidas sponsored jersey of Great Britain—held his palms up behind his ears, as a way of saying Let’s hear it!

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They were at it long before anyone in Egypt or Great Britain.

This would be by the 1704 “Act of Union” with Great Britain, which passed the Scottish Parliament by a vote of 110 to 69.

Or would they resist taking the same risks over Poland or even Great Britain?

Plus, he crafted the Lyons-Seward Treaty, joining the U.S and Great Britain in suppressing the international slave trade.

Who should get the most credit for ending slavery in America and Great Britain?

I still want to win an Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016 for Great Britain.

Hence it was that he found in Great Britain an implacable enemy ever stirring up against him European coalitions.

As regards Great Britain, the gold standard is yet preserved for all practical purposes.

Spencer Perceval, prime minister of Great Britain, shot in the lobby of the house of commons.

Great Britain is full of wealth, not entirely but mainly because her people are constantly producing.

The gauge of railways in Great Britain was not fixed upon any scientific principle.

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On this page you'll find 10 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to Great Britain, such as: albion, blighty, britain, britannia, commonwealth of nations, and england.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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