republic

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This whole big shambolic miracle machine only keeps rolling because we are an amazing thing—a democratic republic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The killing of Larijani, a non-cleric but a pillar of the system for decades, was likely the biggest loss to the Islamic republic after the death of Ali Khamenei.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

The Islamic republic also effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil and gas flows.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

It served as a military training compound used by the US and Nato, but the facility was later abandoned by the Americans and converted by the Afghan republic government around 2016 into a rehabilitation centre.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

Though the American republic became a nation of laws, during the initial phase it also had to be a nation of men.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis