sovereign

Example Sentences

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He is also convinced that the tip-off which led police to the hideout would not have come from his peers in the sovereign citizen movement.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Cuba’s Communist government said on Thursday that it would free 2,010 prisoners from its jails in a “humanitarian and sovereign gesture” as it carries out negotiations with the Trump administration.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The latter charge, comprising a breach of allegiance owed to a sovereign or state, was crucial because it was not subject to reprieve or commutation by the governor without consent of the Legislature.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

Local media described Freeman as a conspiracy theorist and member of the so-called "sovereign citizen" movement, which falsely believes it is not subject to the law.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Hobbes’s point is not that expertise is whatever the sovereign says it is; it is that non-experts can be competent to select experts.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton