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Election observers told Reuters news agency that two members of Assad's Alawite sect and several ethnic Kurds also won seats.

From BBC

He was found to have been outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, something that’s still deemed to have been “bad” by a small but critical sect within the Senate Republican conference.

From Slate

Co-written with partner and frequent collaborator Brady Corbet, the film continues their shared interest in historical fiction, this time based on the story of the founder of the religious sect known as the Shakers.

People accused of child abuse could receive significantly larger payments than their alleged victims under plans to share the fortune of a disgraced evangelical sect.

From BBC

"I don't think it followed any Christian code whatsoever," says Graham Lewis, 66, who worked as a nurse practitioner for the sect.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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