principality
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The 22-year-old Netcompany Ineos rider decided himself to take part in the three-week Grand Tour and was rewarded with a strong performance on a tight and technical course around the principality of Monaco.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
The trip by the pope -- who rules over the world's smallest country, Vatican City -- follows one made in March to another European statelet, the principality of Monaco.
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
"This is the first time in history, to my knowledge, that such an act has taken place in the principality," Mirmand, the head of Monaco's government, said.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
But with a man fewer, the principality team still scored again through Jordan Teze and Wout Faes missed a glorious chance to force extra time.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
I shall consider solely the principality, weaving together the threads mentioned above as I go, and I shall discuss how these principalities can be governed and maintained.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
"Districts of the capital are not separate principalities where you can walk around in white gloves and neglect your duties," he said, adding that he would not tolerate "sabotage".
From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2023
By the end of the fourteenth century, it included more than one hundred principalities, each with varying degrees of power and autonomy.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
They begin: "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come."
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2022
“There is absolutely nothing you or any of the other powers and principalities can do to stop us.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
These principalities, then, are the only secure and successful ones.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
