home rule
Example Sentences
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"We have always worked towards independence when we got home rule in 1979 and more independence in 2009."
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
But Denmark granted it home rule in 1979, and its 57,000 inhabitants retain the right to vote for independence.
From Barron's ● Jan. 8, 2026
Congress has given D.C. a significant measure of home rule, including control of its police force.
From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2025
Bonar Law was both a true believer in the Ulster cause and a shrewd political operator, who correctly perceived that home rule could be used to bring down Asquith and the Liberals.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2024
It sympathizes with the cause of home rule in Ireland, and protests against the persecution of the Jews in Russia.
From A History of the Republican Party by George Washington Platt
