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With the agreement, Armenia will give the United States a 99-year lease on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, or TRIPP, which includes the Zangezur Corridor, located between mainland Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan exclave, according to Politico.
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Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2025
The pact on a corridor connecting Azerbaijan and its exclave of Nakhichevan is also vulnerable.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
Around 7,000 troops are taking part in the exercises, which are being held at locations in Belarus, as well as in Russia's Kaliningrad Baltic exclave and in the Baltic and Barents seas.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
The most potent symbol is the Zangezur Corridor, a project that would build a transport passage through Armenian territory to Azerbaijan’s ethnic exclave, Nakhchivan.
—Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2025
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Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2025
The pact on a corridor connecting Azerbaijan and its exclave of Nakhichevan is also vulnerable.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
Around 7,000 troops are taking part in the exercises, which are being held at locations in Belarus, as well as in Russia's Kaliningrad Baltic exclave and in the Baltic and Barents seas.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2025
The most potent symbol is the Zangezur Corridor, a project that would build a transport passage through Armenian territory to Azerbaijan’s ethnic exclave, Nakhchivan.
—Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclave
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Internationally, the ceremony will be broadcast in more than 200 territories.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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That comes up more often in Palm Beach County, which has much more territory in unincorporated areas than Broward.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Mar. 2026
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Future outposts on the moon will need to be as self-sufficient as possible to avoid the high cost of constantly shuttling supplies from Earth.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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The hotel delivers direct access to the beach (a rarity here) and there’s an outpost of the namesake restaurant two doors down.—
Tim Chester,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2026
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There have been whispers of paramilitary training camps in the mountains, but the sinister presence mostly lingered just below the surface.—
Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Expect everything—including the rustic beach camps, fresh ocean-to-plate fish, and the ferry ride from the mainland to Bubaque—to take its sweet time here.—
Melanie van Zyl,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Mar. 2026
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The mix of joy and anxiety among the Iranian diaspora in recent days reflects the complicated emotions many feel as violence escalates in the Middle East — especially those whose families fled the theocratic regime that took power after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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The city — home to large Cuban, Venezuelan and Nicaraguan exile communities — has long served as a political hub for Latin American opposition movements and conservative diaspora groups.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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Observers say his conviction reflected the decline of press and other freedoms that has changed Hong Kong, a former British colony that returned to China’s control in 1997.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Mar. 2026
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Mud tunnels, or shelter tubes, about the width of a straw, on the foundation, floor joists, and other parts of the house are signs of a colony.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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Israel retaliated with large waves of airstrikes and Israeli troops captured several new posts in southern Lebanon.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Mar. 2026
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Patrick De Haan, Head of Petroleum Analysis at GasBuddy, said in post on X the price of gas is likely to continue to rise as the war continues.—
Keith Laing,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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Hundreds of thousands of acres, including many former rice plantations, have been conserved in the area between Beaufort and Charleston, and marshes there stretch out like coastal prairies.—
Thad Moore,
AJC.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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Enslaved women passed messages between plantations.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Exclave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclave. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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