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Recent Examples of ethnic cleansing
The relocation plan is seen by Jordan as an existential threat to the small kingdom, a death knell for hopes of an eventual Palestinian state and tantamount to complicity in ethnic cleansing of Gaza.
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Jane Arraf, NPR, 20 June 2025
Would Israel now suffice with the attack on Iran to let go of Gaza or, on the contrary, use the defeat of the axis of resistance to conclude the occupation of Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
That move is narrated as sinister—the step before ethnic cleansing—but preparatory.
—David Renton
may 12, Literary Hub, 12 May 2025
Selling and facilitating advanced AI and cloud services to a government engaged in systemic ethnic cleansing is not ‘business is usual’.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 May 2025
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Jane Arraf, NPR, 20 June 2025
Would Israel now suffice with the attack on Iran to let go of Gaza or, on the contrary, use the defeat of the axis of resistance to conclude the occupation of Gaza and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians?
—Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 13 June 2025
That move is narrated as sinister—the step before ethnic cleansing—but preparatory.
—David Renton
may 12, Literary Hub, 12 May 2025
Selling and facilitating advanced AI and cloud services to a government engaged in systemic ethnic cleansing is not ‘business is usual’.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic cleansing
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Despite state and federal warnings, the county, different city officials, and Camp Mystic didn’t implement an emergency warning system or evacuation orders enabling people enough time to get to higher ground or leave the area to avoid drowning.—
Bethany Blankley,
The Washington Examiner,
8 July 2025
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The Navajo Nation Police Department — working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs Navajo Region and Southwest Complex Incident Management Team 2 — has lifted all evacuation orders across all zones.—
Arlyssa D. Becenti,
AZCentral.com,
8 July 2025
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Centuries ago, the Maya cut a slender channel through dense mangrove forests to facilitate transportation between two technicolor lagoons.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
19 July 2025
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Other industries have modernized their supply chain practices and B2B integration strategies in the last few years, especially in the manufacturing, logistics, transportation and retail spaces.—
Sarah Jones,
Sourcing Journal,
18 July 2025
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The migration reflects changing realities in the business.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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Additional research is needed; however, climate change affects all bird migration.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Israeli politicians, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have eagerly supported the emigration plan, despite no country publicly expressing any willingness to take part.—
Dana Karni,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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Award-winning twenty-something Pasternak arrived in Nashville from New York City and Los Angeles earlier through emigration from Moscow (with her fellow musician parents) and schooling at the Berklee College of Music.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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