sovereign
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France awaits Friday a sovereign credit review from Standard & Poor's, which cut its rating to A+ last October on risks that government spending would remain high.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
"Kenya is a sovereign republic, not a geopolitical isolation ward," it added.
From BBC • May 29, 2026
It is the sovereign people alone who can craft entrenched rules.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
A survey conducted in April from Janet Brown Opinion Research indicated that 67% of the province’s residents oppose separation from Canada, while 27% would vote yes to creating a sovereign state.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
The homelands were, ostensibly, the original homes of South Africa’s tribes, sovereign and semi-sovereign “nations” where black people would be “free.”
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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