separatist

Example Sentences

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Such policies have manifested differently across China, with harsher tactics applied in areas seen as riven with separatist sentiment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The third constituency — a suburb of Montreal called Terrebonne — had been held by the separatist Bloc Québécois since 2015.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

To do so, he’ll have to iron out disagreements over Canada’s Sikh population, which India accuses of stoking separatist sentiment on its soil.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre delivered a speech on Friday that called for Canadians to stay united in the face of an "uncertain world", amid growing separatist sentiments in Alberta and Quebec.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

In 1775 the Mohawk Nation allied with the British against the separatist settlers.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz