Sentence examples for patch of territory from inspiring English sources

He escaped only to be captured by Chadian rebels who control a patch of territory close to the Libyan border.

The result is a triangular patch of territory between the two rivers and the Brazilian border: the New River Triangle.

NEW HAVEN — Anna Deavere Smith covers a big patch of territory in "Let Me Down Easy," her populous new solo show at the Long Wharf Theater here.

But more common is the scenario in Lake Chad — in a neglected patch of territory, the international community ends up fulfilling the unwanted obligations of statehood.

It remains to be seen whether the American withdrawal will accelerate after the defeat of the Islamic State's last patch of territory.

For a cartel, buying off a key figure in the P.R.I. was enough to guarantee dominance on a patch of territory.

Clinging to shrinking patches of territory, these trees stand for Lebanon's resilience.

The regime and its foreign allies — Russia, Iran, and Lebanon's Hezbollah — have consolidated what were, a year ago, unconnected patches of territory.

Some have given up conquering the whole United States, and are trying to carve out patches of territory and separate themselves from a multiracial America.

That spring, separatist fighters opposed to a new pro-Western government in Kiev seized control of broad patches of territory in Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland.

"But instead of drawing a random circle around Jerusalem, why not single out small patches of territory, patches that could be traded off and eventually sewn together like a quilt.