republic
Example Sentences
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"We will not accept being treated like children. We will not accept being treated as if we were some tinpot republic," a furious Lula said at an event in the country's northeast.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
"Kenya is a sovereign republic, not a geopolitical isolation ward," it added.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
Among the proclamations of the first French republic was an end to slavery in its island possessions—a forerunner of wider abolition.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
After being installed in his new post, Sonko promised to "not use this responsibility to orchestrate institutional chaos, to create an institutional crisis, or to cause problems for the president of the republic".
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
In a January 1865 speech in the House, Garfield said, “This body of slavery lies before us among the dead enemies of the republic, mortally wounded, impotent in its fiendish wickedness.”
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Vocabulary lists containing republic
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Star-Spangled Vocabulary: Patriotic Words
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