Example Sentences

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“We had very little thought about what would follow the collapse of the Baathist regime.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

But the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that ousted Hussein and his Baathist rule opened up Iraq — with its majority Shiite population — to large-scale Iranian presence.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026

Under the Baathist government, field archaeology was at best discouraged and at worst prohibited.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022

But they’re real people, some of whom used to be Baathist generals and maybe believe this or maybe don’t, and they’re using it for some ends that you can identify.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2020

Riyadh al-Naemi, the dam’s director, looks like a holdover from the Baathist era.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 25, 2016