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CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
Mali has previously faced insurgencies by affiliates of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State group, as well as a separatist rebellion in the north.
—Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
Ankara has long regarded the SDF as a terror group because of its ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, a Kurdish separatist group that waged a longrunning insurgency in Turkey.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
Mali has been plagued by insurgencies fought by affiliates of al Qaeda and the Islamic State group, as well as a separatist rebellion in the north.
—CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026
Mali has previously faced insurgencies by affiliates of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State group, as well as a separatist rebellion in the north.
—Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Noun
If Quebec’s French-Canadian separatist movement and various referenda were ultimately quelled by Canada recognizing that culturally and linguistically unique province as a nation within Canada, then Alberta is headed for a similar result, at best.
—Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2026
Ankara has long regarded the SDF as a terror group because of its ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, a Kurdish separatist group that waged a longrunning insurgency in Turkey.
—Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
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What followed, in broad terms, was insurgency, sectarian war and then the rise of the Islamic State group.—
Andrew Latham,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
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Another response was to drive forward the sectarian religion of the Jesus cult, and that’s where the Pauline initiative took over.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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During the Civil War, Southern California had its own pro-Confederacy secessionist militia, the Los Angeles Mounted Rifles.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
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If nothing is done, the secessionists may achieve success simply for lack of opposition.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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Given that Pakistan is home to over 20 million Shia Muslims—the second largest cohort in the world after Iran—open warfare with the only nation with more would be schismatic internally.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Apr. 2026
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Such was the case this past weekend, when tens of millions of fans keyed in on the denouement of the college basketball season at the expense of lesser spectacles such as spring football and one notoriously schismatic pro golf startup.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Reparations will support education, economic aid and mental health services, with programs specifically targeting women and girls who endured systematic persecution by extremists in Timbuktu.—
Molly Quell,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Conservative activists said the group was intentionally − and unfairly − labeling mainstream political and religious organizations as extremist, raising concerns about political bias.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Separatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separatist. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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