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Recent Examples of ethnic cleansing
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Israeli calls for Gaza’s ethnic cleansing are only getting louder
Miss Manners: Who gets the leftover fish?
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Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
Eventually, the strategy of ethnic cleansing, sometimes explicit, sometimes implicit, won out.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
Against Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, who a year ago caused the ethnic cleansing of 120,000 people in Nagorno-Karabakh?
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
According to the indictment, Sun ensured that issues unfavorable to Beijing — such as the future of Taiwan and the ethnic cleansing of the Uyghurs — were kept off of Hochul’s radar.
—Michael Ames, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2024
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Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
Eventually, the strategy of ethnic cleansing, sometimes explicit, sometimes implicit, won out.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
Against Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, who a year ago caused the ethnic cleansing of 120,000 people in Nagorno-Karabakh?
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024
According to the indictment, Sun ensured that issues unfavorable to Beijing — such as the future of Taiwan and the ethnic cleansing of the Uyghurs — were kept off of Hochul’s radar.
—Michael Ames, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2024
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Although much of Malibu was under evacuation orders, sheltering in place was the university’s primary plan during wildfires, developed in consultation with fire officials, said Michael Friel, a university spokesman.Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Further east, the area around Pepperdine University and Tuna Canyon Park is under an evacuation order.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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For example, while a new job in a safer neighborhood can improve someone’s health, a sudden financial setback or loss of transportation can introduce new challenges.Sean Fogarty, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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Working with the transportation department, which is primarily concerned with automobile traffic, the bike commission adds a critical focus on bicycle and scooter safety.Bruce Bilodeau, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
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Researchers have previously identified humpback whales that have swum astray of typical migration patterns.Alexandra E. Petri, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
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Scientists are scrambling to find out The future of migration Whaling in the 20th century killed nearly 95% to 99% of the humpback whale population in the Indian Ocean, according to Cheeseman.Julianna Bragg, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
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The main drivers of this trend are mass emigration, low birth rates and aging demographics.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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As the list developed, certain themes emerged: Irish emigration, the tension between cities and small towns, the recession of the mid-aughts, a playfulness with language and genre.Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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