self-rule

Example Sentences

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"The issue of self-rule is one of the major problems between the two sides."

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

“I have no doubt in my mind,” he wrote, “that Burma cannot form part of India under Swaraj,” or self-rule.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

As patriots readied for battle and loyalists clung to the British crown, Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” a fiercely persuasive pamphlet that united Colonists to fight against monarchy in the name of self-rule.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025

The PA exercises limited self-rule in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025

If I were without object, without hope, without experience, without the power of self-rule which such experience gives, you might well fear for me.

From Deerbrook by Martineau, Harriet