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reparations

[rep-uh-rey-shuhnz] / ˌrɛp əˈreɪ ʃənz /


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San Francisco, Detroit and other cities have considered reparations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

The country's application asks the ICJ, based in the Netherlands, to order Rwanda to cease its alleged crimes and award reparations to the Congolese authorities and its victims.

From BBC Jun. 26, 2026

The war ended in 1945, but questions surrounding reparations, expellees, prisoners of war and borders would complicate relations between Moscow and the two Germanies for years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

A 19-point reparations plan has been endorsed as part of the "Next Steps" conference in the Ghanaian capital of Accra.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

The treaty forced Germany to take all the blame for starting the war and to pay high reparations that made Germany poor.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti




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