imperialist

Example Sentences

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History shows, if anything, that imperialist ventures in Latin America don’t always pay off.

From Barron's • Jan. 18, 2026

Risk and desperation give the book the fresh edge of a thriller while maintaining its larger focus as an entwined story of family and imperialist history.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

It is the last missing tomb of known descendants of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, a time when the empire’s imperialist tendencies flourished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2025

"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