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Recent Examples of separatist
Clare Morell, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
The oil-rich province is home to a small but dedicated minority of separatists.
—Amber Bracken, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Crisis when a radical Quebec separatist group, the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ), kidnapped high profile politicians to escalate their battle for independence from Canada and lead Ottawa to impose the War Measures Act.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Related article Kurdish separatist leader calls on followers to disarm, potentially ending a five-decade insurgency with Turkey
In March, the PKK declared an immediate ceasefire after Ocalan called on fighters to lay down their arms and dissolve the group.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
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Subsequently, Russia annexed Crimea, pro-Russian separatists proclaimed the independence of the oblasts that comprise the Donbas region, and the Russo-Ukrainian war began.
—Clare Morell, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
The oil-rich province is home to a small but dedicated minority of separatists.
—Amber Bracken, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Crisis when a radical Quebec separatist group, the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ), kidnapped high profile politicians to escalate their battle for independence from Canada and lead Ottawa to impose the War Measures Act.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2025
Related article Kurdish separatist leader calls on followers to disarm, potentially ending a five-decade insurgency with Turkey
In March, the PKK declared an immediate ceasefire after Ocalan called on fighters to lay down their arms and dissolve the group.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
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Despite some instances of sectarian violence, unresolved issues of inclusive governance, needed reforms in law and questions over commitment to counterterrorism, al-Sharaa is appealing to Trump and the West as Syria’s preferred partner compared with Russia, Iran and China.—
Laura Kelly,
The Hill,
15 May 2025
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Police in Northern Ireland sporadically come under attack whenever tensions rise in parts of the British region, 27 years after a peace deal ended three decades of sectarian bloodshed there.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
11 June 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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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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The potential members of a schismatic Catholic sect are located in areas of the world such as the United States, where the church has significant financial resources and assets, plus a wide array of independent Catholic institutions that operate largely outside the hierarchy of the church.—
Massimo Faggioli,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2018
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“Separatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separatist. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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