Example Sentences

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Late 21st-century San Francisco: California has seceded from the United States, and robots serve humans like crypto money launderer Fritz Co, whose Burgers N More is a front.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

The rest of the novel chronicles their harrowing journey back to California, which has seceded from the United States to form a sanctuary.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2020

The place, a floating city that has seceded from the United States.

From Forbes • Mar. 27, 2013

But by making cute little movies starring cute little tykes where he flashes his 200,000-megawatt grin and not much else, the Rock has seceded from the genre.

From The Guardian • May 27, 2010

“Down south, Katanga Province. The new nation of Katanga, I should say. Did you know Katanga has seceded from the Congo?”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver