Chatham
Americannoun
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1st Earl of. Pitt, William, 1st Earl of Chatham.
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a city in N Kent, in SE England.
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a city in SW Ontario, in S Canada, near Lake St. Clair.
noun
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a town in SE England, in N Kent on the River Medway: formerly royal naval dockyard. Pop: 73 468 (2001)
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a town in SE Canada, in SE Ontario on the Thames River. Pop: 44 156 (2001)
noun
Example Sentences
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“They want to incur costs on everyone involved. It’s like a scorched-earth strategy,” said Bader Al-Saif, a professor at Kuwait University and fellow at Chatham House.
"For Tehran, this is not a short 12-day war or a contained round of escalation that can be paused and reset," said Dr Sanam Vakil - director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at international affairs think-tank Chatham House.
From BBC
"It is a direct blow to the state's security architecture and governing apparatus," said Sanam Vakil, director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at British think tank Chatham House.
From Barron's
“The fact that the protests started again despite the number of killings and fear of the repression signals that the level of discontent and antiregime sentiment is really growing,” said Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, an Iran expert with Chatham House.
"Coupled with the loss of territory over the past month, the January 30 agreement appears to spell the end for Kurdish ambitions to establish a federal or decentralised system in Syria," said Winthrop Rodgers, an associate fellow at Chatham House.
From Barron's
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