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tribe

[trahyb] / traɪb /


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The owners of the land, David and Mary Palmer, successfully applied for the tribe to be evicted in September - but they failed to comply with the order.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

He told jurors on Tuesday that he was born into the stateless Arabian Bedoon tribe, on the border between Iraq and Kuwait, and no human rights or passport in Kuwait.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

You can join a political tribe in an afternoon and leave it the same week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

The tribe expects its state funding will be gone by the end of June, and is already laying off personnel from work that tribal leaders hoped would help employ tribal members long term.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Just as the prophecy had predicted, the Powhatan empire was destroyed by a new tribe that arrived from the Chesapeake Bay.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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