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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.
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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
Russia has released a U.S. Navy veteran who apparently illegally crossed the border from Poland into the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad last year and was held there for nine months.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
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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
Russia has released a U.S. Navy veteran who apparently illegally crossed the border from Poland into the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad last year and was held there for nine months.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2023
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After the territory was annexed by Nazi Germany in 1935, the Stern family fled to the US, settling in the Washington Heights section of New York.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Mar. 2025
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Moving from romantic comedy to crime thriller and other wild tonal territories, the low-budget indie follows Ani (Madison), a New York stripper who elopes with the son of an uber rich Russian oligarch (Mark Eydelshteyn) and enters a world of trouble.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2025
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But after a year of big shake-ups at the major labels, as well as the breakthrough drought, the U.K.’s perennial fear of being reduced to just another European outpost of the U.S. industry has sometimes looked closer to reality than ever.—
Mark Sutherland,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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In August 2021, intel on Hamas’ military wing described the plan for a large-scale attack on Israeli communities and military outposts surrounding the Gaza Strip.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Blue Jackets, who suffered the tragic death of teammate Johnny Gaudreau just before training camp, have been one of the most compelling stories in all of sports this season.—
Aaron Portzline,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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But Perine is also proof that running backs of his sort can be obtained late, even after training camp.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
7 Mar. 2025
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The bookstore specializes in books and videos highlighting the African diaspora.—
Tykesha Spivey Burton,
AFAR Media,
24 Feb. 2025
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Almost 8 million people have fled Venezuela (forming a vast diaspora).—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
24 Feb. 2025
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The tradition then made its way through the colonies, and around 1699, French Canadians arrived in what is now Mobile, Alabama, Garrison-Harrison said.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
3 Mar. 2025
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The spaceship is now a compound, the home of a new human colony, and Mickey is its first line of defense.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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In a post to her Instagram Stories on Thursday night (March 6), Madonna shared her candid thoughts on the current wave of anti-trans extremism making its way around the globe.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
7 Mar. 2025
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Our most recent lieutenant governor, Jeanette Nuñez, also recently left the post to run a university, Florida International.—
Scott Maxwell,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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On her quest, Jones trawled through thick college archives and made difficult plantation visits.—
Sara Georgini,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Mar. 2025
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In Maryland, Catholics often operated plantations to finance their outreach and to comply with colonial law limiting their religious services to private property; their manor houses often featured adjoining chapels.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Exclave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exclave. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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