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Citizens of countries historically exploited by the West face higher financial and bureaucratic hurdles to access facilities and resources concentrated in their former suzerain.
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WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
In buttressing Lukashenko’s regime, Russia became Belarus’s outright suzerain.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2022
Most Somalilanders have known nothing but self-rule and would never consent to reintegrate with their bloody, anarchic suzerain.
—The Economist, 8 May 2021
Even now, in the 21st century, some U.S. officials and elites still deep in their hearts know and understand the world through the framework of the suzerain and its colonies.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2020
WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022
In buttressing Lukashenko’s regime, Russia became Belarus’s outright suzerain.
—Casey Michel, The New Republic, 1 Mar. 2022
Most Somalilanders have known nothing but self-rule and would never consent to reintegrate with their bloody, anarchic suzerain.
—The Economist, 8 May 2021
Even now, in the 21st century, some U.S. officials and elites still deep in their hearts know and understand the world through the framework of the suzerain and its colonies.
—Marc Tracy, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2020
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“Suzerain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suzerain. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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