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Recent Examples of overseas
With no genuine opposition and a history of vote rigging, Lukashenko – in power since 1994 – has further slanted things in his favor this time around by banning overseas voting, removing the minimum turnout threshold and awarding himself lifelong immunity and a permanent seat in parliament.
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Tatsiana Kulakevich, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2025
Wong, who was born in San Francisco to Chinese parents, was barred from entering the U.S. — under the Chinese Exclusion Act — while returning from an overseas trip in 1890.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
Often, this labor has involved more traditional jobs such as working in Chinese factories, Russian logging camps, on overseas construction projects or in DPRK restaurants overseas.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The Japan flight is one of a handful of overseas nonstops that have gradually come to San Diego International Airport.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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Tatsiana Kulakevich, The Conversation, 23 Jan. 2025
Wong, who was born in San Francisco to Chinese parents, was barred from entering the U.S. — under the Chinese Exclusion Act — while returning from an overseas trip in 1890.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 23 Jan. 2025
Often, this labor has involved more traditional jobs such as working in Chinese factories, Russian logging camps, on overseas construction projects or in DPRK restaurants overseas.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
The Japan flight is one of a handful of overseas nonstops that have gradually come to San Diego International Airport.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overseas
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The reality star is now headlining her international Countess Cabaret tour, which kicked off Saturday at Harrah's Lake Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada.—
Ashley Hume,
Fox News,
1 Feb. 2025
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This focus on international exposure is crucial for the industry’s sustainability, given the small size of the Dutch domestic market.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2025
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About 14% of the population of Illinois is foreign-born, according to the American Immigration Council.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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In Miami-Dade County, where over half the population is foreign-born, Republican lawmakers have long supported legal immigration programs and pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants — at times conflicting with GOP colleagues in other states.—
Claire Healy,
Miami Herald,
31 Jan. 2025
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Savile Row tailor Richard Anderson also sees value in keeping exotic patterns fenced in, so to speak.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
31 Jan. 2025
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People were taking them to all sorts of exotic places.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
WWD,
30 Jan. 2025
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In the not too distant past, soda options were fairly streamlined: cola, orange, or root beer; regular or diet.—
Karla Walsh,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Jan. 2025
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That 12-game goal drought earlier this season seems like a distant memory.—
Phil Thompson,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Until that maneuver, however, Blue Ghost has been busy above the big blue Earth, beaming home beautiful images of our planet, as well as views of its far-off final destination, the moon.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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During Trump’s first term, little attention was paid to how globalism diverted health resources to far-off countries that are not even necessarily allies.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
24 Jan. 2025
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The remote connectivity is solid, and the app (called Sperax Fitness) syncs easily with the machine.—
Kristin Canning,
WIRED,
4 Feb. 2025
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The longtime British collaborators both wrote and star in this endearing tale, based on their 2007 short film, of an eccentric (Key) on a remote island who arranges a reunion of his favorite 2000s duo (Mulligan and Basden), now long estranged.—
Taylor Antrim,
Vogue,
3 Feb. 2025
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Much of Washington Heights is old farmland The area's earliest nonindigenous civilization in the Washington Heights area began in 1835.—
Drake Bentley,
Journal Sentinel,
19 Feb. 2024
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The lizard may also have or spread nonindigenous parasites or pathogens to native wildlife.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
3 Jan. 2024
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Environmentalists warned that expanding the Los Bronces mine, which is owned and operated by the multinational Anglo-American, would affect nearby glaciers, endangering the water system of greater Santiago.—
Sammy Feldblum,
The Dial,
30 Jan. 2025
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His partner of five years, Min (Han Gi-Chan), is the scion of a Korean multinational corporation, in the U.S. on a student visa that’s about to expire, just as his work in textile art is starting to get attention.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Overseas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overseas. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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