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Azerbaijan said one of the drones struck the terminal building of the airport while the other fell near a school in a nearby village in the Nakhchivan exclave, which borders Turkey, Armenia and Iran.
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Jasmine Green, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
It is expected to connect Azerbaijan and its autonomous Nakhchivan exclave, which are separated by a 20-mile-wide patch of Armenian territory.
—Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Its Kaliningrad exclave is home to the Kremlin’s Baltic fleet and a wealth of other military assets.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Nov. 2025
The pact on a corridor connecting Azerbaijan and its exclave of Nakhichevan is also vulnerable.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
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Jasmine Green, NBC news, 5 Mar. 2026
It is expected to connect Azerbaijan and its autonomous Nakhchivan exclave, which are separated by a 20-mile-wide patch of Armenian territory.
—Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
Its Kaliningrad exclave is home to the Kremlin’s Baltic fleet and a wealth of other military assets.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Nov. 2025
The pact on a corridor connecting Azerbaijan and its exclave of Nakhichevan is also vulnerable.
—Thomas De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclave
Noun
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Indeed, despite the appearance of calm, gangs were actively battling for territory in parts of the capital during the visit.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2026
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Silky shorts in a range of lengths — some with delicate lace trim, others in more minimalist boxer-like cuts — are pushing the needle further into more romantic territory.—
Lauren Fisher,
Footwear News,
16 June 2026
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Some of the new settlements approved recently are retroactive legalizations of tiny outposts, while others are neighborhoods of existing settlements.—
Melanie Lidman,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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The service The service is maybe a touch more reverential than other Four Seasons outposts, but interactions are warm and friendly.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
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Herdman found success in part by making the recruitment of dual nationals a priority, starting four of them — including Alphonso Davies, who immigrated to Canada from a refugee camp in Ghana — in Qatar.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Bowman has been competing at USA Basketball’s Under 17 World Cup training camp in Colorado.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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The reforms open wider space for private businesses, direct imports and exports, private banks and Cuban diaspora investment — even allowing fast-food chains — inspired by Chinese and Vietnamese market-style communism.—
Andrea Rodríguez,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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The game attracted not only fans willing to spend upwards of $2,700 on tickets, but also prominent figures from Haiti and its diaspora, including fashion designer Jovana Louis and Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who traveled with several government ministers.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2026
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Palladino hopes more creative exposures to bees will also encourage others to protect their vital colonies.—
Kara Finnstrom,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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Nuisance complaint If someone were to lodge a nuisance complaint about a cat colony, the first thing the department would offer is deterrents, Knicely said.—
Eva Flowe
June 18,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2026
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The post included a picture of a baby’s feet poking out from a blanket.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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About a minute later Morocco had a corner kick that nearly went into the near post until Scotland's keeper Angus Gunn stepped in for a save.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 June 2026
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But from iron plantations to convict leasing to coal-burning blast furnaces, this industry has never stopped taking from Black communities.—
John E. Jackson Sr,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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Those older than six could gain freedom, but only after working half a dozen years through plantation apprenticeships.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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