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Recent Examples of emirate
The incident took place on a farm in the Al-Rifa’a area in the emirate of Fujairah.
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Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
The Al-Salmi, a Kuwait-flagged very large crude carrier, was in the anchorage zone of Dubai’s port, just 31 nautical miles northwest of the emirate and in an area packed with ships waiting to exit the Persian Gulf.
—Fiona MacDonald, Bloomberg, 30 Mar. 2026
Officials say the goal is to maintain confidence in the emirate’s business environment while ensuring that essential sectors can continue operating despite disruptions.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Strikes pressure neighbors, oil markets Iran kept up the pressure on the energy infrastructure around the region, hitting an oil facility in Fujairah, an emirate in the United Arab Emirates that has been repeatedly targeted.
—Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
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Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026
The Al-Salmi, a Kuwait-flagged very large crude carrier, was in the anchorage zone of Dubai’s port, just 31 nautical miles northwest of the emirate and in an area packed with ships waiting to exit the Persian Gulf.
—Fiona MacDonald, Bloomberg, 30 Mar. 2026
Officials say the goal is to maintain confidence in the emirate’s business environment while ensuring that essential sectors can continue operating despite disruptions.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026
Strikes pressure neighbors, oil markets Iran kept up the pressure on the energy infrastructure around the region, hitting an oil facility in Fujairah, an emirate in the United Arab Emirates that has been repeatedly targeted.
—Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
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On April 21, 1526, a Central Asian prince named Babur defeated the Delhi sultanate ruler Ibrahim Lodi in India and laid the foundations of what would become one of the most important empires of early modern history—the Mughal Empire (1526–1857).—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 Apr. 2026
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This includes Russia and the tiny oil and gas sultanate of Brunei, said Indonesian Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia.—
Anton L. Delgado,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2026
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With that, Grace decided to abandon her blazing career in Hollywood and move to the small principality of Monaco.—
Francesca Pellegrini,
Vanity Fair,
19 Apr. 2026
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On this day in 1956, the two-day wedding celebration of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III began in the tiny European principality of Monaco.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 Apr. 2026
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Consider going out to look for special furniture or items that could transform your home into even more of a kingdom.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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The deal is expected to include promoting music events held in the kingdom to global audiences, and may also cover sports tournaments hosted in the country.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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The guys who have literally created their entire media empires around being online and around the clip ecosystem, livestreaming, et cetera?—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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Bud is the evil empire of beer.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Voting is the highest civic act in a constitutional republic.—
Matt Klink,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
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The general’s comments come after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said in statements that Ukraine has evidence Russia provided Iran intelligence support and material support for the Islamic republic’s drone programs.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Austrian archduchess Marie Louise, former empress of the French, who was granted Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla for her lifetime, preserved some of the Napoleonic administrative and legal structure in the duchy.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 Mar. 2026
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La Tour was born in Lorraine, a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire, in 1593, twenty-one years after Caravaggio, whose sensational combination of naturalism and theater, light and dark, formed him as a painter.—
Nicole Krauss,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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Some may even be in the public domain and therefore available from multiple companies to package creatively, although publishers, along with authors and their estates, support long terms of copyright, and further extensions thereof, because this protects the value of the backlist.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
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In this limbo state, you’re technically admitted to the hospital, but still located in the physical domain of the ER.—
Elisabeth Rosenthal,
Miami Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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The sovereign's sceptre with cross The sovereign's sceptre with cross dates back to 1661, when it was first used at the coronation of King Charles II.—
Alex Gurley,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
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Legitimate authority Historically, the conversation about a war’s justness began by asking whether a responsible sovereign had declared it.—
Valerie Morkevicius,
The Conversation,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Emirate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emirate. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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