imperialist
Example Sentences
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In Nuuk on Friday, after visiting with local leaders at a government office on the main boulevard of Greenland’s capital, Frederiksen embraced locals fearful of an imperialist United States.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
History shows, if anything, that imperialist ventures in Latin America don’t always pay off.
From Barron's ● Jan. 18, 2026
The Monroe doctrine acquired its imperialist character around 1900 under presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
"The threat may not feel as urgent as a terrorist or an imperialist autocrat. But it is more fundamental. It is systemic, it's pervasive and accelerating towards us at pace," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2024
Vietnam War-era denunciations of the Pilgrims as imperialist or racist simply replicated the error in a new form.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
