sovereignty
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The longtime German executive is known for his love of dialectical debate and support for European tech sovereignty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
"We are continuing to move forward. Europe has never needed unity, greater independence and greater sovereignty more than it does now," he said.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
To excavate biblical Palestine was, in his mind, to restore Jewish sovereignty over the Jewish story.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
She has decried revelations of the recent participation of CIA officials in a raid on a drug lab in northern Chihuahua state, saying it was a breach of sovereignty.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Because of the Treaty of Paris, Washington believed the US had sovereignty over the Ohio Country, a belief that was not shared by the people of the Indigenous nations who lived there.
From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Vocabulary lists containing sovereignty
The American Civil War
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Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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Human Geography - Middle School
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