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Then Haikala wrote that if Gardendale splintered off, it would hurt the desegregation of the larger district, just as other secessions had.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2017

Esperanto saw no end of sects, schisms, secessions, coups.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 24, 2016

In many cases, these secessions occurred after extremely divided conventions and popular votes.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

A small group of self-parodying college professors wrote proposals for possible secessions.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2012

And many Black African countries feared that an independent Biafra would trigger other secessions and so supported Nigeria.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie