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Recent Examples of separatist
Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 28 June 2025
Indian security forces have continued to battle separatists in recent years, though the Pahalgam attack marked the bloodiest of its kind against civilians in Kashmir in a quarter-century and the deadliest throughout the country since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
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, 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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Khomeini declared jihad against Kurdish resistance groups, labeling them infidels, separatists and agents of Israel and the United States.
—Shukriya Bradost, The Conversation, 28 June 2025
Indian security forces have continued to battle separatists in recent years, though the Pahalgam attack marked the bloodiest of its kind against civilians in Kashmir in a quarter-century and the deadliest throughout the country since the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Apr. 2025
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, 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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Tensions between the two communities have exploded, leading to some of the worst sectarian violence Syria has seen since the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
25 July 2025
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The killings occurred on July 17 amid an outbreak of sectarian violence between Syrian Druze groups and Bedouin tribes in the Druze-majority Suwayda province.—
Sarah Dewberry,
CNN Money,
22 July 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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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 30 Jul. 2025.
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