trust territory

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Recent Examples of trust territory In total, the Trusteeship Council oversaw 11 trust territories. Lloyd Axworthy, Foreign Affairs, 15 May 2024 Somaliland became independent from Britain in 1960, a few days before Somalia, then a trust territory administered by Italy, gained its own sovereignty. Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2022 Small, remote Pacific island nations such as Palau, a former U.S. trust territory, make up most of the list. Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2020
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Noun
  • The settlement also adds that Google will not interfere with, restrain or coerce workers in the exercise of their rights.
    Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Smith denied any wrongdoing as part of the settlement terms and the settlement was entered with all parties specifically disclaiming any liability.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • By implementing regenerative agricultural practices, SRI focuses on enhancing soil health, conserving biodiversity, reducing chemical dependency, and promoting water conservation.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Cutting China out of the supply chain removes a critical dependency.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday indefinitely suspended a lower court mandate that the government immediately return him to the U.S. to fix the mistake.
    Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The goal was to deny the victors a mandate to govern the vanquished.
    Made by History, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Press freedom advocates argue the administration and Lake are destroying decades of efforts to spread democracy and accurate information in vulnerable places overseas.
    Sara Fischer, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
  • This is imagined as an internal coup meant to privatize the government and replace democracy with complete executive authority.
    Ed Simon, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Cargo ships and containers at Qingdao port in eastern China’s Shandong province on Dec. 4, 2024.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the virus has been detected in sewage samples around the country this year, including in Punjab province, home to around half of Pakistan's children.
    Ruchi Kumar, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • In Soggy Soil Slow-draining soil presents a host of problems for tomato plants.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Weed treatment can leave behind bare patches of soil.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The sovereign has no governmental power in the U.K. or influence on RAVEC.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Constitutionally, the sovereign has no governmental power in the U.K. or influence on RAVEC, but the Duke of Sussex believes that his father could intervene to ensure such protection is extended.
    Simon Perry, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This cooperation makes sense in purely military terms for Russia, a mutually beneficial project of sea power projection.
    Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025
  • More to the point, sea power is about power projection for economic gain.
    Colin Flint, The Conversation, 25 Mar. 2025

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