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The feminist separatists were overwhelmingly white and, like many white feminists of preceding generations, not all shared Dunbar-Ortiz’s commitment to racial justice.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025 -
Russia was occupying our land and backing armed separatists, but Ukraine was told to negotiate.—
Tetiana Kotelnykova,
The Atlantic,
25 Apr. 2025
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The border state had been rife with turmoil as secessionists street brawled with unionists about whose side Maryland should join.—
Zaakir Tameez
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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Trump’s world, however, will hardly guarantee more success for secessionists.—
Ryan D. Griffiths,
Foreign Affairs,
20 May 2025
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The shooting of two Israeli Embassy employees in Washington, D.C., after a Jewish event Wednesday highlights the struggle American cities face trying to protect Jewish citizens and landmarks, which have repeatedly been targeted by radicals and terrorists over the years.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
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While the mercurial Greeley and other radicals veered between strident demands for abolition, protests of the crackdown on civil liberties, and panicked calls for peace talks, Raymond stayed the course (or, at least, kept his wobbles private).—
Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Separationist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separationist. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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