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That conflict had recently escalated, with pro-Russian separatists seizing key towns in the Donetsk and Luhansk after Russia illegally annexed the peninsula of Crimea in February 2014.—
Anna Batta,
The Conversation,
20 Aug. 2025 -
Russia seized Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in 2014 and backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, a move that was widely condemned by the international community.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
18 Aug. 2025
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As analysts have previously told Newsweek, even those critical of the Islamic Republic often rally behind the central government in the face of external threats and secessionist movements.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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However, most countries are loath to encourage secessionist movements.—
Kate Bartlett,
Christian Science Monitor,
12 June 2025
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On the one side, bell bottoms became the signature look of 1970s radicals.—
Stephen Mihm,
Twin Cities,
22 Aug. 2025
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Some of these technologies generate chemicals such as ozone, formaldehyde and hydroxyl radicals to kill microbes – substances that can potentially harm people if inhaled.—
Amiran Baduashvili,
The Conversation,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Separationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separationist. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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