secessionist
Example Sentences
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In 2020, the government outlawed the protest slogan “Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times” for being secessionist and subversive.
From Seattle Times
“The United States should stop any form of official exchanges with Taiwan” and “refrain from sending wrong signals to the ‘Taiwan independence’ secessionist forces,” said a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, Mao Ning.
From Seattle Times
His administration will be confronting armed criminals on motorcycles in the north-west, countrywide kidnapping and a violent secessionist group in the south-east.
From BBC
Since Sánchez extended an olive branch to secessionist parties in return for votes on key policies, the issue has waned in importance.
From Washington Times
In 2008, Georgia fought a painful five-day war with Russia that resulted in Moscow’s military taking control of the two secessionist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, or about one-fifth of Georgia’s territory.
From New York Times
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