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province

[prov-ins] / ˈprɒv ɪns /


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Chocobar was shot during a confrontation with armed men over land in the Tucumán province of Argentina where the Chuschagasta Indigenous community has lived for many generations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Australia made it an offence to travel to the Islamic State's stronghold of Raqqa province in Syria between 2014 and 2017, an attempt to stop its citizens joining the militant group.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Many, based in the coastal province of Shandong, received protection from local officials who valued the jobs they created, including helping the teapots take advantage of loopholes in the tax system, according to Downs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

In China's Shandong province, a fertiliser exporter who asked not to be named described receiving the notice to halt exports from the government.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

This was intended to be the province of the sort of people Joe had seen on the golf course at Princeton or on the manicured lawns of estates he had glimpsed up the Hudson.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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