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Recent Examples of ethnic cleansing
Human rights experts and organizations have called this operation an ethnic cleansing and even a genocide.
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
The proposal has been welcomed by Netanyahu, but derided by Palestinian and Arab leaders alike, who characterize it as ethnic cleansing.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
In 2016, following a free election that saw voters reject the junta in favor of democratic candidates, the military launched a brutal campaign against the Rohingya widely recognized as an ethnic cleansing, with thousands killed and hundreds of thousands fleeing across the border to Bangladesh.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Palestinians, other Arabs and many experts in the field have rejected Mr. Trump’s proposal as ethnic cleansing.
—Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
The proposal has been welcomed by Netanyahu, but derided by Palestinian and Arab leaders alike, who characterize it as ethnic cleansing.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 18 Feb. 2025
In 2016, following a free election that saw voters reject the junta in favor of democratic candidates, the military launched a brutal campaign against the Rohingya widely recognized as an ethnic cleansing, with thousands killed and hundreds of thousands fleeing across the border to Bangladesh.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Palestinians, other Arabs and many experts in the field have rejected Mr. Trump’s proposal as ethnic cleansing.
—Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic cleansing
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Either there was some human error along the chain of command issuing evacuations or there was some type of technical error in sending the alerts.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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To receive updates for your evacuation zones, please visit Genasys Project.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
20 May 2025
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Despite intense pressure from fossil fuel industry lobbyists, the governors of 22 states and two territories are creating policies that take steps to reduce emissions from buildings, power generation and transportation.—
Mary Nichols,
The Conversation,
19 May 2025
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About 80% of the trucks are owned by fuel distributors who provide their own transportation, while the other 20% are independent contractors affiliated with the oil companies, Rameau, the president of the Association of Petroleum Professionals, told the Miami Herald.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
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With 25% of companies citing audit risk as a key migration driver, the urgency to transition has become a business priority rather than just an IT concern.—
Scott Sellers,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Key sectors such as health care, tourism, tech and financial services continue to drive this growth, while international migration and a growing labor force fuel its dynamic economy.—
Tim Giuliani,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 May 2025
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The Russian government does not keep comprehensive statistics on emigration, but the research platform Re: Russia has estimated that 820,000 to 920,000 people left Russia between February 24, 2022, and July 2023.—
Alexander Cooley,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Apr. 2025
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In turn, Venezuela would agree to slow emigration or maybe take back millions of migrants deported from the U.S.—
Marc Caputo,
Axios,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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