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
Still, some say gold has structural support as economic slowdowns, rising sovereign debt and political risks favor defensive assets in the medium- and long-term.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
It is the sovereign people alone who can craft entrenched rules.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
Morocco considers Western Sahara to be part of its sovereign territory, calling it its "southern provinces".
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Jefferson had also shared with Madison his intriguingly utopian suggestion that each generation was sovereign, so that the laws made for one generation should expire after about twenty years.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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