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Recent Examples of exclave
Azerbaijan’s exclave of Nakhichevan is separated from Azerbaijan by a narrow strip of southern Armenia.
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Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
Observers fear that Azerbaijan might be preparing another offensive, with the goal of securing a route to its own exclave of Nakhichevan—a region of around 100,000 people that is separated from Azerbaijan by a sliver of Armenian territory.
—Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
Baku is currently demanding that Yerevan agree to the establishment of a corridor through Armenian territory that would connect Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan, an exclave of Azerbaijan jammed between Iran, Armenia, and Turkey.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
Lithuania accused Moscow of waging a propaganda battle and taking a threatening stance in a standoff over Vilnius restricting the transit of sanctioned goods to the Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad.
—Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2022
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Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
Observers fear that Azerbaijan might be preparing another offensive, with the goal of securing a route to its own exclave of Nakhichevan—a region of around 100,000 people that is separated from Azerbaijan by a sliver of Armenian territory.
—Olesya Vartanyan, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
Baku is currently demanding that Yerevan agree to the establishment of a corridor through Armenian territory that would connect Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan, an exclave of Azerbaijan jammed between Iran, Armenia, and Turkey.
—Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 10 Apr. 2023
Lithuania accused Moscow of waging a propaganda battle and taking a threatening stance in a standoff over Vilnius restricting the transit of sanctioned goods to the Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad.
—Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exclave
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Ukrainian troops have occupied part of the Kursk region since August 2024, though Russian forces have since recaptured much of the territory.—
Svitlana Vlasova,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
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Although the situation is fluid and voter sentiment could change, the numbers suggest the president has found himself in new, more volatile political territory that has the potential to damage him and the rest of his party heading into the midterms.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
8 Apr. 2025
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The sales success led to the decision to open its own outpost.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Now, Leslie said, there’s always a line when the doors open at 7: 30 a.m., and there are even plans to open a Manhattan outpost later this year.—
Jonathan Thompson,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Apr. 2025
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These are players whose names wouldn't be on everybody's lips, even three camps ago.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Oz: The tensions were so crazy, and there were different camps.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2025
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Additionally, a group of important works by artists from across Africa and the African diaspora will make their way from the Pérezes to Tate’s collection over the coming years.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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On March 20, Iranians in Iran and in the diaspora commemorated Nowruz, the Persian New Year.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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After all, the filmmaker is Portuguese and there’s a brutal history between his native country and Mozambique, a colony of Portugal until 1975, a country whose official language remains that of its former imperial overseers.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
27 Mar. 2025
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Other successes include the establishment of an assurance colony of Chrisangi leaf insects to prevent extinction of the species, along with fawns from Malayan sambar deer, barasinghas and hog deer.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2025
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In an exciting Instagram post on Wednesday (April 9), the West Coast icon and league owner revealed that the eight-time NBA All-Star has agreed to join the BIG3 league for one final season as a professional basketball player.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Billboard Arabia (@billboardarabia) Arabian Heartbreak—A Personal and Powerful Turning Point This boldness shines through in her latest album, Arabian Heartbreak, released last year.—
Nour Ezzedine,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Musician and educator Harry Urata, confined to an internment camp after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, encountered Japanese-American workers who had processed sugar cane leaves on Hawaiian plantations since the late 19th and early 20th centuries.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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The latter sports comedy drama, starring Bernal and Diego Luna as two brothers working on a banana plantation with dreams of breaking into professional football, was produced by Alfonso Cuarón, Alejandro González Iñárritu and Guillermo del Toro.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2025
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