secede
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It’s not that Greenlanders don’t want to secede from Denmark—they just don’t want to become a U.S. state in turn.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2025
She was the governor of the first state to secede.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2024
Sikh Americans have wide-ranging opinions on whether Sikhs should secede from India.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2023
The post, which opens with sentences mirroring the Declaration of Independence, makes clear that the proposal is to secede from California and become an independent U.S. state rather than secede from the United States.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2023
Maryland, although it did not secede from the Union and join the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War, remained a hotbed of secessionists.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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