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Recent Examples of separatist
Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Kyiv said Moscow was sending Russian troops there to help pro-Russian separatists, but the Kremlin denied the accusations, insisting that Kyiv conduct direct negotiations with the breakaway republics there, and in another eastern region, Luhansk.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
The season focuses on the arrival of white separatists, led by businessman Ethan Zobelle (Adam Arkin) and his henchman A.J. Weston (Henry Rollins), who hope to drive SAMCRO out of Charming.
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Before its full-scale invasion that began on Feb. 24, 2022, Russian forces had invaded the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, and then backed and armed pro-Russian separatists in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
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Turkey has tried to stamp out Kurdish separatists at home for decades, and the Turkish government sees Kurdish fighters so close to their border as a threat.
—Josh Holder, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Kyiv said Moscow was sending Russian troops there to help pro-Russian separatists, but the Kremlin denied the accusations, insisting that Kyiv conduct direct negotiations with the breakaway republics there, and in another eastern region, Luhansk.
—Joanna Kakissis, NPR, 21 Feb. 2025
The season focuses on the arrival of white separatists, led by businessman Ethan Zobelle (Adam Arkin) and his henchman A.J. Weston (Henry Rollins), who hope to drive SAMCRO out of Charming.
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Before its full-scale invasion that began on Feb. 24, 2022, Russian forces had invaded the Crimean Peninsula in 2014, and then backed and armed pro-Russian separatists in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025
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The ongoing clashes have prompted reports of around 1,400 civilians killed, mostly Alawites, across the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, as well as the outskirts of Hama and Homs, in some of the worst sectarian bloodshed of the entire civil war.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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For half a century, Hafez al-Assad and his son, Bashar, ruled Syria ruthlessly, enduring wars, rebellions, and uprisings while stoking sectarian fears to deter calls for change.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN,
14 Mar. 2025
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The base was originally named for Lt. Gen. Henry Benning, a Confederate general and Southern secessionist who opposed freeing slaves.—
Eleanor Watson,
CBS News,
3 Mar. 2025
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Monuments to old secessionists and segregationists had fallen across the country.—
Charles King,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2021
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The potential members of a schismatic Catholic sect are located in areas of the world such as the United States, where the church has significant financial resources and assets, plus a wide array of independent Catholic institutions that operate largely outside the hierarchy of the church.—
Massimo Faggioli,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2018
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But Barzani’s setback only birthed a schismatic new cadre of Kurdish leaders.—
Behnam Ben Taleblu,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Nov. 2017
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“Separatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separatist. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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