Thesaurus results for CLIENT STATE

client state

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Recent Examples of client state Hamas and Hezbollah, which have enjoyed Iran’s support, have also been seriously debilitated and there is a new government in Syria that is no longer a client state of Iran. —

Natasha Lindstaedt, Forbes.com, 12 Jan. 2026 Above all, China fears that its unpredictable and often aggressive client state could spark a military conflict with South Korea and the United States, potentially dragging Beijing into a second Korean War. —

Shuxian Luo, Foreign Affairs, 21 Aug. 2025 English focused on Poland because the country had a long history of underground revolutionary culture; when the USSR turned independent Poland into a client state known as the People’s Republic of Poland, the Poles already knew how to go underground to fight back. —

Valorie Castellanos Clark, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025 Greece was seen as bulwark against Moscow and its client states in southeastern Europe. —

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Jackson’s settlement with the Chandler family turned out to include an agreement that forbade the estate to participate in depictions of the events around Chandler’s allegation.

— Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
In March, Live Nation and Ticketmaster also reached a settlement with federal authorities that included putting a cap on service fees, which will have a slight effect on prices.

— Alli Rosenbloom, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026