< French, short for chanson internationale international song
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The Fédération Equestre Internationale, the governing body for Olympic horse sports, banned clones from competition in 2007.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
The World Cup’s organizing body, Fédération Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA, and its partner consultancies estimate the tournament could generate up to $40.9 billion in global gross domestic product.
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
The prosecutor at the cybercrime unit said that talking about "prisoners of conscience" and saying he wanted to fight for them constituted an offence, Radio France Internationale reports.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2025
At F1’s top administrative levels you find Emirati former rally driver Mohammed Ben Sulayem heading the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile, or FIA, the sport’s governing body.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
M. Bouc was a Belgian, a director of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons Lits, and his acquaintance with the former star of the Belgian Police Force dated back many years.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
“God Save the King,” the American national anthem and the Russian “Internationale” were played.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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