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Many South Africans were happy when the 71-year-old former trade unionist replaced Jacob Zuma as president in 2018, after Zuma was forced to resign in disgrace amid myriad corruption allegations.
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Kate Bartlett, NPR, 24 May 2024
British loyalists and unionists in Northern Ireland typically sided with Israel.
—Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
Women secured the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, displacing the momentum that fueled the suffrage movement; around this same time, the Red Scare saw the arrests and deportations of unionists and immigrants.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
For decades, the unionists have held the greater share of the power here — proudly declaring Northern Ireland’s status as one of the four nations of the United Kingdom, alongside England, Scotland and Wales.
—Amanda Ferguson, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
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Kate Bartlett, NPR, 24 May 2024
British loyalists and unionists in Northern Ireland typically sided with Israel.
—Eoin McSweeney, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
Women secured the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, displacing the momentum that fueled the suffrage movement; around this same time, the Red Scare saw the arrests and deportations of unionists and immigrants.
—Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2024
For decades, the unionists have held the greater share of the power here — proudly declaring Northern Ireland’s status as one of the four nations of the United Kingdom, alongside England, Scotland and Wales.
—Amanda Ferguson, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
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“Unionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unionist. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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