secession
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Lady with a Fan is among the very few portraits by Klimt, a leading figure of the Vienna Secession art movement, to be owned privately.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2023
Secession is not the ultimate goal of the initiative, Burum said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2022
Secession: Voters in San Bernardino County will soon get to say whether they want the county to study options that include seceding from the state, The Associated Press reports.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022
Asked about Alabama’s 1861 Articles of Secession that says Alabama wanted to form a new government with other slave states, Holmes replied, “I’ve never seen that. Do you have proof of that?”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2021
We have heard them threaten to secede so often that I formed an enthusiastic organization— The American Friends for Texas Secession.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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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