secession
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"Alberta's secession cannot happen without First Nation consent to change a party to Treaty No. 8," the lawsuit stated.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
Pannun is affiliated with a New York-based group called Sikhs for Justice that advocates for the secession of Punjab, a northern Indian state with a large Sikh population.
From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026
So it is puzzling that Mr. Kaylan would recommend Azeri secession while omitting important context.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026
Downtown #Aden, where crowds have been calling for secession from #Yemen and solidarity with STC leader Aidarous Al Zubaidi.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026
There were chinch bugs and grasshoppers, months of drought, elections, slavery, secession, talk of war—the adult world of trouble, though, was not real enough to dim the goodness of an April morning.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
Vocabulary lists containing secession
American History I
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The American Civil War
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Human Geography - Middle School
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